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IV. New land and freshwater shells from West Africa. V. Voluta irvine. Vi. New species of Delias and Rhopalocera from New Guinea. VILL. New species of Ennea and Helicoids from South Africa. Anna May. Nat. Hist. 8.8 Vol NV. PLT 2.Green bith t > —— THE ANNALS MAGAZINE OF NATURAL HISTORY, [EIGHTH SERIES. ] © . .ccensoseverecese per litora ite muscum, nsidi te fontes: ae variata corallia trunco . te 2 ae oe e rupibus, et a — erte, Dew pelagi, et ~~» $> ylia succo.” . . Parthenii Giannettasi, Eol. 1. No. 19. JULY 1909. I1.—A Contribution towards a Knowledge of the Entozoa of British Marine Fishes —Part Il.* By Wuttiam Nicott, M.A., D.Sc., Gatty Marine Laboratory, Univer- sity of St. Andrews. [Plate I.] FOoLLowineG the lines already indicated in the first part of this contribution, an attempt was made to obtain some of the less common fishes from St. Andrews Bay. At the same time several of the commoner species omitted from the first part were examined, and it is with these chiefly that the present paper deals. Altogether thirty species were examined ; twelve of these were included in the first report, but several additions have to be made to the list of their parasites. The fish to which attention was chiefly directed were the dragonet, gurnard, cod, catfish, and sprat. In each of the * I have to thank the Government Grant Committee for enabling me to continue this work, which was begun under the Carnegie Trust Scheme. Ann. & Mag, N, Hist. Ser. 8. Vol. iv. 1 2 Dr. W. Nicoll on the first three eight different species of parasites were found, in the catfish seven, and in the sprat six. Amongst what may be considered as comparatively rare fish may be mentioned Chimera monstrosa, Argentina sphyrena, and Mola mola ; and for the opportunity of examining these I am indebted to the kindness of Professor M‘Intosh. About three-quarters (78 per cent.) of the total number of fish examined were infected with internal parasites of one kind or another, and of these by far the commonest were Trematodes (67 per cent.) and Nematodes (65 per cent.). Cestodes occurred only in 45 per cent., and the majority of these were scolices. Adult tapeworms were found in only 6 per cent., namely, in the cod, turbot, halibut, and sunfish. The rarity of adult tapeworms was noted in Part I., in which only 8 per cent. of the fishes were infected with them. They were found in Cottus scorpius, C. bubalis, Gadus eglefinus, and Bothus maximus. From this it would appear that tape- worms occur only in the relatively larger fish; and the reason probably resolves itself into a matter of accommodation, the intestine of the smaller fish not being of sufficient size to contain the bulk of a full-grown tapeworm. Amongst the above-mentioned fish the only ones of small size are Cottus scorpius and (. bubalis, which are infected with Bothrio- cephalus punctatus fairly frequently ; but the infection never reaches the extent that is so commonly met with in the turbot. In the smaller fish scolices are very prevalent, their numbers often being counted by thousands. It is in the Elasmobranchs that Cestodes come to maturity and are so plentiful ; none of these are included in the present report. Echinorhynchs were found on only four occasions, and in every case in rock-fish, namely Liparis montagut, Ouos mus- telus, UO. tricirratus, and Gasterosteus aculeatus. Over thirty new records are noted in this paper, of which half are in l'rematodes. Records new to British waters are much more numerous. In Part I. reference was made to the work of Olsson and P. J. van Beneden on the Entozoa of North-Sea fishes. Odhner’s work on Arctic Trematodes* only came to hand while the paper was in the press. Although not dealing exclusively with the Trematode parasites of tishes, Odhner’s paper includes descriptions of many of the most important of these, and it is to him that we owe the first exhaustive accounts of such well-known species as Prosorhynchus squa- * “Die Trematoden des arktischen Gebietes,’ in Fauna Arctica, iv. (1905) pp. 291-372. aa Entozoa of British Marine Fishes. 3 matus, Steringophorus furciger, Podocotyle atomon, Lepida- pedon i ta rachiacum, Lecithaster gibbosus, and Dero- enes varicus. Since then Miss Lebour’s work* on “ Fish rematodes of the Northumberland Coast’ has appeared, and this is the most comprehensive attempt which has yet been made to deal with fish from British waters. Frequent reference will be made to both these works in the following notes, One of the most remarkable contrasts between Miss Lebour’s results and those obtained at St. Andrews is evidenced in the occurrence of Podocotyle atomon. Special notice was made of this species in Part I. Of all the common rock-fish at St. Andrews only two, the shanny (Blenntus pholis) and the pogge (Agonus cataphractus) have not been found to harbour this parasite. ‘len other species of rock-fish contain it as frequently as 71 per cent. On the Northumberland coast the frequency is Pa 3 per cent., Cottus scorpius being the sole host. I have examined all the species of rock-fish with which Miss Lebour deals except Onos cimbrius, and have found Podocotyle atomon in every one of them. I have also had occasion to examine the rock-fish in the Firth of Clyde, and there the parasite was found in 57 percent. ‘There also it occurred very frequently in the saithe (Gadus virens) and bag (G. pollachius), and, in addition, in the dab and plaice. n the case of the Northumberland coast we appear to be confronted with a local peculiarity, the explanation of which is not at present obvious. A point of interest lies in the fact that the rock-fish examined by Miss Lebour were not infected, with the exception of Cottus scorpius, with ‘Trematode para- sites of any kind. Several other Trematodes occur in the rock-fishes at St. Andrews, e. g. Derogenes varicus, Hemiurus communis, Stephanochasmus baccatus, and Prosorhynchus squamatus. Two of these were found by Miss Lebour in Cottus scorpius. No case similar to that of Blennius pholis — has again been met with. The only three species from which no parasites were obtained were Merlucius merluccius, Chimera monstrosa, and Gobius minutus; but only one or two specimens of each of these were examined. In the following list an attempt is made to indicate with what frequency and in what nutnbers the various parasites occur in each host. For that purpose figures are used as * ‘Northumberland Sea Fisheries Report’ for 1907 (1908), pp. 23-67. + Part I., Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) xix. p. 68. 3 1 4 Dr. W. Nicoll on the follows :—I.=rarely (under 10 per cent.) ; II.=occasionally (10-25 per cent.); I1].=commonly (25-50 per cent.) ; 1V.=frequently (50-75 per cent.) ; V.=very frequently (over 75 per cent.) ; L=1 or 2 at a time; 2=less than 10; 3= _ less than 50 ; 4=50-100; 5=over 100. Thus IV. 2 will be taken to indicate that a parasite occurs frequently in numbers less than ten in each host, as in the case of Podocotyle atomon. The fish in this part are named according to ‘A History of Scandinavian Fishes,’ by Fries, Ekstrém, and Sundevall. ACANTHOPTERYGII. Trachinus vipera, Cuv. Lesser Weaver. Ascaris capsularia, Rud. (juven.). cT1 a. Body-cavity. Cottus scorpius, Bloch. Bullhead. Stephanochasmus baccatus, Mieoll. ASE Intestine. Hemiurus communis, Odhn. eT .d; Stomach. Cottus bubalis, Euphr. Father-lasher. Hemiurus communis, Odhn. A.A. Stomach. (=H. appendiculatus, mzhi.) Ascaris angulata, Rud. qT, 1. Intestine. Agonus cataphractus (Linn.). Pogge. Scolex polymorphus, Rud. TL. Intestine. Ascaris sp. Ill. 1. = Intestine. Ascaris communis, Dies. (juv.). if i Body-cavity. Callionymus lyra, Linn. Dragonet. (Lebouria) alacris, Zss. it. a: Intestine. Zoogonoides viviparus (Olss.). IV. 4. Tutestine. Derogenes varicus (Miiller). ci. Intestine. Lecithaster gibbosus (Rud.). be Intestine. Scolex polymorphus, Rud. Ii. 3. —_ Intestine. Ascaris sp. III. 1. Stomach. Heterakis foveolata, Rud. i ae Intestine. Trigla gurnardus, Linn. Grey Gurnard. Stephanochasmus trigle, Lebour. JB: b Intestine. Derogenes varicus (Miiller) (juven.). ia, Stomach. Hemiurus communis, Odhn. WEE 1. Stomach. Hemiurus liihei, Odhn. iI. Stomach. Gasterostomum trigle, v. Ben. aif; 2: Intestine. Scolex polymorphus, Rud. IL. 2. Intestine. Ascaris sp. aT, A: Intestine. Ascaris capsularia, Rud. (juven.). TI. 2. Peritoneum. Cyclopterus lumpus, Linn. Lumpsucker. Distomum sp. (juven.). Ler Rectum. Scolex polymorphus. III. 5. Stomach, ceca, and intestine. Ascaris sp. ‘ Il. 2. Ceca and in- testine. Ascaris capsularia, Rud. (juven.). IfI.2. Liver. Liparis montaguz, Donov. Montague’s Sucker. Scolex polymorphus, Rud. III. 2. Intestine. Anarrhichas lupus, Linn. Catfish. Lebouria idonea, Nicoll. IV. 4. Intestine. (Acanthopsolus) anarrhiche, sp. ing. _ III. 3. Intestine. Entozoa of British Marine Fishes. 5 Fellodistomum fellis (Odss.). V. 4, Gall-bladder. Fellodistomum agnotum, Nicoll, IV.2. Gall-bladder and duodenum. Zoogonus rubellus (O/ss.). V. 4. Rectum and in- testine. Zoogonoides viviparus (Odss.). IIT. 3. Rectum and in- testine. Scolex polymorphus, Rud. IIT, 3. Intestine. Gasterosteus aculeatus (var. trachurus), Linn, 3-spined Stickleback. Ascaris sp. Li. Intestine. Echinorhyncbus acus, Rud. | Intestine, Gastrea spinachia (Linn.). 15-spined Stickleback. Podocotyle atomon (Rud.). IV. 2. Intestine. Centronotus gunnellus, Linn. Gunnel. Hemiurus communis, OdAn. pe Intestine. (=H. appendiculatus, mthz.) ANACANTHINI. Gadus callarias, Linn, Cod. Derogenes varicus (Miil.). Ill. 1. Stomach. Hemiurus communis, Odhn. ILI, 1. Stomach. Gasterostomum gracilescens (2ud.)(juv.). I. 2. Stomach. Bothriocephalus rugosus, Rud. Il.2. _—_ Intestine. Scolex saa Rud. Ill, 4. Intestine. Ascaris clavata, Rud. IV. 2. Stomach and in- testine. Ascaris capsularia, Rud. (juv.). IV. 3 Liver and peri- toneum. Ascaropsis morrhum, v. Ben. Hl. 3 (Esophagus and stomach, Gadus merlangus, Linn. Whiting. 4 Ascaris capsularia, Rud, (juv.). Il. 2. Peritoneum. Onos tricirratus (Briin.). Three-bearded Rockling. Podocotyle atomon (Jud.). aes oe Intestine. Ascaris sp. Ban Ee Intestine. Ascaris capsularia, Rud. (juv.). IV. 2. Ad cxca. Echinorhynchus acus, Rud. IV. i Intestine. Onos mustelus (Linn.). Five-bearded Rockling. Podocotyle atomon (Rud.). oe Stomach, cmca, and intestine. Echinorhynchus acus, Rud. ay. 1. Intestine. Bothus maximus (Linn.). Turbot. Ascaris collaris, Rud. ue. I. Stomach and in- testine. Pleuronectes flesus, Linn. Flounder. Ascaris collaris, Rud. (juven.). Soa In Intestine. Pleuronectes limanda, Linn. Dab. Lecithaster gibbosus (Rud.). 1 ip Intestine. (= Derogenes cacozelus, mihi.) Ascaris capsularia, Rud. (juven.). Il.2. Body-cavity. Hippoglossus vulgaris, Flem. Halibut. Daalthastes gibbosus, Rud. IT. 1. Intestine and (= Derogenes cacozelus, mthi.) rectum. Hemiurus communis, Odhn. III. 1. Stomach. (=H. appendiculatus, mit.) Bothriocephalus punctatus, Rud, I. 2. Stomach, ceca, and intestine. 6 Dr. W. Nicoll on the PHYSOSTOMI. Osmerus epulanus. Lecithaster gibbosus, Rud. 1i,1-: Intestine. Scolex polymorphus, Rud. II. 3. —_— Intestine. Ascaris sp. (juven.). II.1. Intestine. Argentina sphyrena, Linn. Argentine. Lecithophyllum botryophoron (Olss.). IV.3 Intestine. Clupea sprattus, Linn. Sprat. Derogenes varicus (Miill.) (juven.). i bg Ceeca, Lecithaster gibbosus (2ud.). Lid. Intestine. Hemiurus liihei, Odin, it Rl (Esophagus, sto- mach, ceca, and intestine. Scolex polymorphus, Rud. I.1. _—_ Intestine. Ascaris sp. Il.2. Stomach and in- testine. Ascaris sp. (juven.). Il. 2. Peritoneum. Anguilla vulgaris, Turt. Eel. Hemiurus communis, Odin. iT Stomach. (=H. appendiculatus, mthz.) PLECTOGNATHI. Mola mola (Schneider). Sunfish. Dihemistephanus lydiz (Stoss.). Intestine. Ancistrocephalus microcephalus (Rwd.). Intestine. Anthocephalus reptans, Wagener. Liver. LopHOBRANCHII. Syngnathus acus, Linn. Pipefish. } Scolex polymorphus, Rud. IV. 2. Intestine. Ascaris sp. (juven.). yo: Peritoneum. Podocotyle atomon (Rud.). Odhner, Fauna Arctica, iv. (2) p. 320. Nicoll, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) xix. pp. 73-77. Lebour, Northumberland Sea Fish. Rept. 1907, pp. 36-387. Nicoll, Quart. J. Micr. Sci. liii. pt. 8, pp. 451-4538. To the list of British hosts of this parasite has to be added Gastrea spinachia. Inone specimen of this fish half a dozen examples of the parasite were found. They agreed well with previous descriptions of the species, but the ova were parti- cularly large, measuring ‘085-093 mm. in length and -051- ‘062 in breadth. These are by far the largest ova I have yet observed in this species, and I was at first in doubt whether the specimens were really Podocotyle atomon or some allied species. No other differences of importance could be made out. ‘The length of the specimens is 1°7—-2°3 mm.; oral sucker ‘14-16 mm. in diameter; ventral sucker ‘20x Entozoa of British Marine Fishes. 7 *25mm.; breadth } of the length; neck also } of the length, and the posterior border of the second testis about the same distance from the posterior end of the body. Pharynx ‘09 mm.; w@sophagus ‘105 mm.; excretory vesicle aia: forward to anterior end of ovary. Ovary close in front of testes, trilobate. Receptaculum seminis immediately in front of ovary. ‘Testes directly tandem or very slightly oblique, round, isodiametric ; diameter ‘20 mm.; separated by yolk-glands. Yolk-glands extending forward to posterior border of ventral sucker ; not discontinuous at testes. Vesi- cula seminalis extending *1-"17 mm. behind ventral sucker, t. e. about ys of length of body, or rather more than half the diameter of the ventral sucker. From the above notes there can be little doubt that the specimens under consideration are actually Podocotyle atomon. A fact which might cause hesitation in admitting this identi- fication is that Odhner has frequently found a closely allied species, P. reflexa (Crep].) in Gastrea spinachia (Spinachia vulgaris). According to Odhner, this species differs from P, atomon in being much more elongated, less flattened, and in having the suckers more nearly approximated. Other features noted by Odhner are the great prominence of the ventral suckers, the length of the cesophagus relative to the pharynx, the greater breadth of the testes, the greater length of the cirrus-pouch, the median position of the ovary, and the discontinuous condition of the yolk-glands. The majority of these characters, however, are of little valae when dealing with such a species as Podocotyle atomon. It does not require a very extensive study to convince one that Podocotyle atomon is within certain limits a very variable species, and it is just in the above-detailed features that the variation occurs. No weight can be placed on the length of the cesophagus, for in Podocotyle atomon it may be shorter than the pharynx, or, as Miss Lebour notes, more than double its length, depending almost entirely on the state of contraction of the body. Again, the testes not infrequently exceed half the breadth of the body, and the ovary may be only very slightly, if at all, displaced from the middle line. The yolk-glands are extremely variable and may be entirely absent between the testes or may fill up a considerable part of the inter- testicular space; further, they are fairly often discon- tinuous laterally at the level of the intertesticular space or the posterior testis. The cirrus-pouch may extend barely beyond the ventral sucker, or it may occasionally reach nearly halfway to the ovary. ‘The extended condition of the body and the prominent pedunculated appearance of s Dr. W. Nicoll on the the ventral suckers depend largely on the method of killing. Fresh water, for instance, causes the body to be much elon- gated and the ventral sucker to be raised on a well-marked pedicle. It also alters other relations, so that the neck becomes much shorter and the breadth of the body is decreased, while the thickness is greatly increased. In such a condition the parasite agrees much more closely with Odhner’s description of Podocotyle reflera than with his description of P. atomon. From this it appears that undue importance must not be attached to the elongated cylindrical shape, with projecting ventral sucker, as in P. reflexa, unless when dealing with specimens collected and preserved in a uniform manner. Under these conditions it may be safe to differentiate, as Odliner has done, species such as P. reflexa and P. olssoni, but at the same time it is probable that Odhner’s definitions are too comprehensive. Certain features which he mentions are of undoubted specific value, and of these I should put most reliance on the breadth of the body, the length of the neck, and the length of the cirrus-pouch. In none of my specimens, it may be noted, is the breadth less than } or the neck less than % of the body-length. Admitting the specific identity of Podocotyle reflexa, it is quite evident that my specimens from Gastrea spinachia are not identical with Odlner’s specimens from the same host, for they are flattened; the neck is much longer and the breadth is greater than in that species. In addition the testes do not occupy more than half the breadth of the body, the cirrus-pouch extends only a short distance behind the ventral sucker, the ovary is on the right side, and the yolk- glands are in no case discontinuous at the level of the testes. In fact the specimens are absolutely typical examples of Podocotyle atomon apart from the large size of the ova. An immature example of the same parasite was obtained from the intestine of Onos tricirratus, this making the twelfth British host of the species, all of these being rock- pool fish with the exception of the plaice, as recorded by Miss Lebour, and the flounder, as recorded by Johnstone. Three additional hosts which I have to record from the West Coast bring the total up to fifteen. (Lebouria) alacris, Lss. (PI. I. fig. 1.) From Callionymus lyra a single specimen of a species which can only with very great doubt be identified with Distomum alacre, Lss.*, was obtained. It was 1°4 mm. * Centralbl. f. Bakt. xxix. p. 401. Entozoa of British Marine l’ishes. a) long ; greatest breadth half the length. Oral sucker ‘21 mm. in diameter; ventral sucker 32 x*34 mm., situated 55 mm. from the anterior end. Pharynx *14x°‘11 mm., prepharynx and cesophagus short. Ovary oval, immediately behind the ventral sucker on the right side, smaller than the testes. Testes immediately behind ovary, tandem. Yolk-glands not very voluminous, lateral, extending into neck as far as in- testinal bifurcation ; almost absent at level of ventral sucker ; uniting behind testes. Genital aperture median, not far in front of ventral sucker. Cirrus-pouch short, not extending beyond the centre of the ventral sucker, containing a simple vesicula seminalis, a short ductus ejactulatorius, and appa- rently a definite pars prostatica. Ova ‘082-086 x ‘040-042 mm.; blunt at both poles. Simple excretory vesicle ex- tending forward to anterior testis. Mr. Johnstone, of Liverpool, has allowed me to examine a small immature specimen of what appears to be the same 5 ag from Callionymus lyra, obtained in Luce Bay. I have also collected a considerable number of specimens from Callionymus in the Firth of Clyde. These appear to be the same species ; a description of them will be published later. This specimen agrees with Looss’s description of Disto- mum alacre in several important particulars. The disposition of the genital organs is the same in both, although the yolk- glands are not so extensive in my specimen. They agree also in the size and situation of the ventral sucker. ‘I'he most important differences are that my specimen is much broader, while the oral sucker and pharynx are much larger. In these respects it approaches nearer Lebouria itdonea, mili *. : Looss seemed to hesitate in including Distomum alacre amongst the Allocreadiinw, but there seems little doubt that it is really a member of this subfamily. It is most nearly related to the genus Lebourta, and it is only the somewhat anomalous structure of the cirrus-pouch which prevents its definite inclusion in that genus. In the specimens from the West Coast the average length is 1:1 mm., the breadth is ? of that, and the ventral sucker is situated exactly 2 of the length from the anterior end. The diameter of the oral sucker is constantly } of the body- length, while that of the ventral sucker is a trifle more than 3. The ventral sucker is oval and its shorter diameter is not quite 3 of the body-length. ‘The pharynx is exactly yy of the body-length. In practically every one of these features * Quart. J. Micr. Sci, liii. pt, 3, pp. 441-451, pl. ix. figs. 9-12. 10 Dr. W. Nicoll on the the West-Coast specimens agree with my first specimen and differ correspondingly from Looss’s description of Diéstomum alacre. They agree with the latter more closely in having the yolk-glands extending forward to the pharynx and the genital aperture slightly displaced from the middle line towards the left. Stephanochasmus baccatus, Nicoll. One specimen of a Stephanochasmus species was found in the intestine of Cottus scorpius, and although it does not entirely agree with my previous description of St. baccatus*, it is the only species to which it can be referred. The most important point serving for identification is the fact that it possesses 28 cephalic spines in each row. Those of the anterior row are shorter than those of the posterior row, but their length is somewhat variable. The cuticular spines seem to be absent from a great part of the dorsal surface of the body. The length of the specimen is 2°4 mm. ; greatest breadth ‘7 mm. The neck is 1 mm. long, which is considerably greater than in the first specimen, but may be accounted for by assuming a greater degree of extension. The diameter of the oral sucker is ‘18 mm., of the ventral sucker ‘31 mm. The prepharynx is ‘22 mm. and the pharynx measures *20 x ‘19mm. All these figures agree well enough with those already given. The testes are contiguous and have each a diameter of about'3 mm. Thesecond testis is about 4 of the body-length from the posterior end of the body. The ovary is ‘17 mm. in diameter, lying immediately in front of the anterior testis and ‘4 mm. behind the ventral sucker. It is thus much nearer the sucker than in the previous example. The yolk-glands are slightly more extensive than before, but do not reach the level of the ventral sucker. The cirrus- pouch is comparatively short and does not extend beyond the ventral sucker to a greater distance than the diameter of the sucker (7. e. not more than 7, of the body-length). The ova are larger than before, measuring ‘101 x 046 mm. The specimens both from Hippoglossus and from Cottus were found in gut which had been preserved in formalin and not examined for parasites till some time afterwards. There was thus no opportunity of getting them in a properly extended condition, and this probably explains the some- what different appearance which they present. * Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) xix. pp. 80-83, pl. ii. figs, 5-7. . _ Entozoa of British Marine Fishes. 11 Stephanochasmus trigle, Lebour *. From the intestine of 7’rigla gurnardus + a single specimen of what can hardly fail to be this species was obtained. The species is exceedingly like St, baccatus, and, as far as can be made out, practically the only difference to which any importance can be attached is in the number of cephalic spines. Miss Lebour did not determine this number, but in the specimen under consideration it appears to be 50, @. e. 25 in each row. ‘This difference of six spines may or may not be a feature of specific distinction ; if not, the two species must be considered identical. After a careful examination of Miss Lebour’s description and my own specimens the only other feature of difference to be found is in the extent of the yolk-glands, which reach the ventral sucker in St. trigle but stop short of it in St. baccatus. This, however, is a rather hazardous distinction. The cephalic spines surround the oral sucker in two un- interrupted rows, and they measure ‘03 mm. in the anterior row and ‘035 mm. in the posterior row. In my specimen the spines in the posterior row, instead of being directed straight backwards, diverge slightly from the middle line, but this condition is probably pidtoutal. The spines over the rest of the body appear to be more numerous and thickly set than in St. baccatus, and their distribution is possibly more extensive. The length of the specimen is 2°9 mm., of which the neck comprises 1 mm.; the breadth is ‘6 mm. Diameter of oral and ventral suckers *20 mm. and ‘27 mm. respectively ; prepharynx °32 mm, long ; pharynx ‘17 x°‘15 mm. ; cesopha- gus almost absent. ‘Testes elongated oval, measuring *36 x ‘24 mm., not quite contiguous, separated by yolk-glands. Ovary ‘17 mm. in diameter, separated from testes by yolk- glands. Latter extend as far forwards as the posterior border of the ventral sucker. Cirrus-pouch not extending beyond the ventral sucker to a greater distance than the diameter of the sucker, as in St. baccatus. ‘The specimen contained no ova. Dihemistephanus lydia (Stossich). (Pl. I. figs, 2, 3.) Stossich, Boll. Soc. Adriat. xvii. (1896) p. 4, pl. i. fig. 1. Looss, Centralbl. f. Bakt. xxix. (1901) pp. 605-606 & 628, fig. 6, In the intestine of a sunfish (A/o/a mola), captured in the * Northumberland Sea Fisheries Rep. 1907 (1908), pp. 47-48, pl. iii. figs. 3-4. + In a recent note (Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) iii, p. 246) this speci- men was inadvertently referred to Cottus scorpius. 12 Dr. W. Nicoll on the Firth of Forth and forwarded to Professor M‘Iutosh, a large number of specimens of this parasite were found. Stossich’s original description of the species is incomplete and contains several errors, which were corrected by Looss’s amended description. My specimens differ in a few particulars from those examined by Looss, and both on that account and on account of the comparative rarity of the species | shall give here a fairly full description of it. My specimens are only half the size of Stossich’s, measuring for the most part from 1°8 mm. to 2°4 mm. They are ex- tended and flattened, but the neck is somewhat subcylindrical. The greatest breadth is a little more than } of the length and occurs, as a rule, about the level of the ventral sucker, but in many cases it is as far back as the anterior testis. From this point the body narrows rapidly towards the anterior end, but behind the sucker it preserves a fairly uniform breadth, till near the posterior end, where it comes abruptly to a point; in some cases the posterior end is bluntly rounded. Almost the entire surface is covered with spines, which show much greater variations in size than is usual amongst spinous Trematodes. Over the greater part of the body they are long, curved, and sharp, with a fairly broad base, and, as usual, they are largest and strongest just in front of the ventral sucker. Forwards these large spines stop suddenly a little in front of the pharynx, and their place is taken by very much smaller spines of minute size. The large spines advance further forwards in the middle line and at the ex- treme edges of the body than elsewhere, so that the minate spines appear to be congregated in two lateral patches, united, however, in the middle line in front. Precisely the same arrangement occurs on the dorsal surface, although in this case the large spines are found a little further forward than on the ventral surface. In the latter point this differs from Looss’s description. In the arrangement of the cephalic spines another difference must be noted. In addition to the two series described by Looss, a third one occurs in many, though not in all, of my specimens (PI. I. fig. 3).. This is situated on the dorsal surface a short distance behind the hind rows of large spines, and consists of a row of about 10 straight sharp spines, resembling the large spines, but only about half their size (length ‘025 mm.). Itis hardly necessary to be reminded here that cephalic spines are only too prone to be knocked off and disappear without leaving traces of their existence. In the majority of my specimens the cephalic armature was incomplete. Such must have been the case in Looss’s specimens, otherwise this third series of spines could not have Entozoa of British Marine Fishes. 13 escaped notice, for they are prominent and distinct enough in the specimens in which they are present. ‘lhe same applies to the ventral series of very small spines, which Looss describes as consisting of two rows of 5 and 6 ineach. In some of my specimens these are entirely absent, and in the others they vary in number from 3 up to 15. In the speci- men in which the maximum number was present there were 6 spines in the anterior row and 7 in the posterior row, and at each end of the series there was a single spine of the same size occupying a position neither in one row nor the other, but midway between the two. From this it is evident that it is a difficult matter to determine the exact number of the ventral series, and there may even be a doubt if it consists normally of a definite number, The arrangement of the largest spines is exactly as Looss has described, the spines being all of approximately equal length (‘04-05 mm.) except the two terminal spines of the anterior row, which are a little shorter than the others. I find the number to be 18 in the anterior row and 17 in the posterior, but it is not easy to determine this exactly. The oral sucker is terminal and measures *19-"22 mm. in diameter, ¢. e. about yy of the body-length. It has a slight tendency towards a funnel-shape, but the margin is not necessarily rampart-like (wallartig) as Looss describes it. In almost all my specimens the ventral lip is thin and sharp, while the dorsal lip is thickened for the insertion of the large cephalic spines. Along with the spines this thickening extends round to the sides, and this gives the head a some- what = a shape in some specimens. The ventral sucker is situated at a distance from the anterior end varying with the degree of extension of the neck, but on an average it is about 1 mm.; in other words, the sucker lies a little in front of the middle of the body. It is a feeble, shallow, evidently degenerate structure. In most cases it lies level with the body-surface, but in some its edges are raised a little. It is always distinctly larger than the oral sucker, its diameter being *22—27 mm., and the sucker-ratio being approxi- mately 6:7. The prepharynx is about ‘1 mm. in length, but may be twice as long or entirely absent, according to the state of contraction, ‘he pharynx has an average measurement of *145x°10 mm. The esophagus is normally a trifle shorter than the pharynx. The diverticula are thin-walled and wide, extending quite to the posterior end of the body. The ovary and testes are situated in the posterior half of the body, the post-testicular space being a little more than } 14 Dr. W. Nicoll on the of the body-length. The testes are tandem, transversely ovoid, and measure about °21x*26 mm. In every case they are contiguous. The ovary lies immediately in front of the anterior testis, but displaced a little to the right side. It is also transversely ovoid, but is considerably smaller than the testes, measuring *17x*12 mm. There does not appear to be a receptaculum seminis. ‘The yolk-glands are exceedingly well developed and very conspicuous. Neither Stossich nor Looss describes their disposition accurately. They are situated for the most part under the dorsal surface of the body, but a ventral fringe of uniform breadth extends from the posterior end of the body to a point a short distance in front of the ventral sucker. This fringe lies over the outer side of the intestinal diverticula, and nowhere throughout its whole extent crosses to the inner side of the diverticula. Dorsally the follicles are much more extensive. They fill the whole of the post-testicular space. Forwards they extend in towards the middle line and overlap the testes and ovary to a considerable extent. They thin out a little at the level of the uterus, but in front of the ventral sucker they again become voluminous and extend across the entire breadth of the body. Their anterior limit is the same as in the case of the ventral fringe. The common yolk-ducts are ventral and cross between the ovary and anterior testis, to unite in the yolk-reservoir. The genital aperture lies close to the anterior border of the ventral sucker. It is not median in position, but is displaced a little to the left side. The genital sinus is of small size. The ductus ejaculatorius opens into it on the right side, the vagina on the left. The cirrus-pouch lies dorsal to the ventral sucker and invariably terminates at the posterior border of the latter. The anterior narrow part of the pouch is always bent more or less abruptly on the more swollen posterior part. The latter contains a single simple globular or ovoid vesicula seminalis, in close connexion with which is a comparatively large pars prostatica, also nearly globular in shape. Prostatic cells do not appear to be numerous, although the pars prostatica is filled with a large amount of secretion. The ductus ejaculatorius is short and fairly straight. The uterus occupies the space between the anterior testis and the genital aperture, confined by the intestinal diverticula on either side. Unlike the uterus in the genera Echinostomum and Stephanochasmus, it frequently forms several convolutions dorsal to the ventral sucker, so that Looss is not quite exact in saying that it is confined between the ovary and ventral sucker. The vagina is short and Entozoa of British Marine Fishes. 15 muscular. ‘The ova are thin-shelled, with blunt poles, the opercular pole being obliquely truncated. My measurements of the ova do not agree with those of Looss, for from a large number I find the average size to be ‘066 x ‘0365 mm., the observed limits being ‘060-072 mm. for the length and 032-040 mm. for the breadth. Looss gives the breadth as 047 mm. The genus Dihemistephanus is, as Looss remarks, most closely allied to Stephanochasmus. The shortness of the copulatory organs and the close proximity of the genital glands are not so weighty differences as Looss suspected, for since then two species of Stephanochasmus (St. trigle, Lebour, and St, baccatus, mihi) have been described which approach the condition in Dihemistephanus lydia. Of apparently greater importance are, apart from the cephalic armature, the shape and size of the pars prostatica and the extent and disposition of the yolk-glands. Together the two genera form a group which differs from the true Echinostomine in the possession of a terminal oral sucker with cephalic spines directly attached to its margin, the absence of a cephalic collar, and the possession of a large pharynx, which is situated nearer to the intestinal bifurcation than to the mouth. (Acanthopsolus) anarrhiche, sp. inq. Under this provisional name I wish merely to mention a species which occurs in the intestine of Anarrhichas lupus. It has already been found and briefly described by Miss Lebour *. It is evidently a new species and almost un- doubtedly the type of a new genus, but several important points in its anatomy require yet to be determined. I am not in a position to add anything to Miss Lebour’s descrip- tion, as my material consists of only a few immature speci- mens which were accidentally discovered amongst a collection of Zoogonus rubellus from the same host. Probably many specimens were overlooked in collecting, for the species is about the same size as, and bears much external resemblance to, Zoogonus rubellus and Zoogonoides viviparus, both of which were found together in large numbers in the intestine of the catfish. With regard to the systematic position of this species, it approaches most closely, as Miss Lebour remarked, to canthopsolus oculatus (Levins.), but it possesses one or two features sufficient to exclude it from the genus Acanthopsolus. ‘ . ee AR Sea Fisheries Rep. 1907 (1908), pp. 51-53, pl. iii. gs. 6-8, 16 Dr. W. Nicoll on the Together they form the nucleus of a subfamily the nearest relation of which appears to be not Stephanochasmus, as Odhner remarked in the case of Acanthopsolus oculatus, but the Lepocreadiine. It is impossible to include them in the latter subfamily, but they are certainly nearly allied to it. Steringophorus furciger (Olsson). The occurrence of this species in Lophius piscatorius, as recorded by Miss Lebour, is probably fortuitous, the parasites being in all likelihood from some Pleuronectid fish swallowed by the Angler. In British waters the species appears to be entirely confined to the Pleuronectide and to be one of their most characteristic parasites. Zoogonoides viviparus (Olsson). In British waters this species has hitherto only been found in Pleuronectid fishes, in which it occurs in great abundance. I have found it quite as frequently and in as large numbers in Callionymus lyra and Anarrhichas lupus. In the North Sea I have also found it fairly frequently in Pleuronectes cynoglossus and Drepanopsetta platessoides, and in the Firth of Clyde in Pl. flesus and Pl. microcephalus. This makes a total of nine British hosts for the species. The species is already so well known that no additional description is necessary. It seems necessary to insist, how- ever, that the diameter of the ventral sucker is not twice that of the oral sucker, as both Odhner and Miss Lebour have it. In my specimens the ratio is almost constantly 3:2, the average sizes being ‘22 mm. and *145 mm. in a specimen of ‘9 mm. length. With regard to the coloration, considerable variation seems to occur. The general body-colour is lemon-yellow, with numerous irregular splashes of brownish red, which is so intense that when a number of parasites are viewed together they appear to be of a dusky red colour. ‘To me the para- site has never appeared of a bright red colour, as Miss Lebour describes it. Many specimens, however, seem to lack these red patches, and the doubt has often occurred as to whether the uniformly coloured specimens were really the same as the others; but no structural differences could be detected. Van Beneden’s Distomum callionymi* is very probably Zoogonoides viviparus. The figures which he gives show’ some of the characteristic attitudes of that species, but other- wise they are unrecognizable. * Mém. Acad. Roy. Belg. xxxyviii. p. 53, pl. iv. fig. 3. Entozoa of British Marine Fishes. 17 Zoogonus rubellus (Olsson). (Pl. I. fig. 4.) — oe sp. n., Olsson, Lunds Univ. Araskrift, iv. (8) p. 44, pl. iv. fig. 89. arg mirus, sp.n., Looss, Centralbl. f. Bakt. xxix. pp. 439-442, 6 g. 6. agp rubellus (Olsson), Odhner, Centralbl. f. Bakt. xxxi. pp. 59-61, g.1 Zoogonus mirus, Lss., Goldschmidt, Centralb). f. Bakt. xxxii. pp. 870- 876, figs. 1-6. This species has been hitherto recorded only from Labride, but I have found numerous examples in every specimen of Anarrhichas lupus in the rectum and lower part of the intestine. Three excellent descriptions already exist, but some doubt still remains as to whether Z. rubellus and Z. mirus are identical or not. A few differences of a minor nature occur in the accounts of the above-cited authors; my specimens agree best with Goldschmidt’s description. They are pale yellow in colour and of small size, measuring for the most part *75-1°0 mm. Externally they resemble Zoogonotdes viviparus very much, but they are not so delicate as that species, The shape is elongated oval, the greatest breadth, about the level of the ventral sucker, being rather less than half the length. The whole suiface of the body is covered with minute regular scale-like spines. The oral sucker is subterminal and globular, with a diameter of *115- "135 mm. The ventral sucker is flattened and usually iso- diametric, measuring *135-165 mm. In a number of specimens it is contracted and distorted as in Looss’s figure. It thus appears smaller than the oral sucker and this may account for Looss’s observation. It is situated exactly ? of the body-length from the anterior end. The configuration of the alimentary system conforms much more with Goldschmidt’s representation than with that of Looss or Odbner. The prepharynx is not usually dilated and is rather shorter than the pharynx. ‘The latter is oval and measures ‘10—13x'08-—-09 mm. The esophagus is com- paratively of great length and extends right behind the ventral sucker before the bifurcation takes place. As a matter of fact, it is difficult to say where the bifurcation actually occurs, for dorsal to the ventral sucker the esophagus expands considerably, and the diverticula arise from this expansion as two wide sacs. The exact point of bifurcation is thus not marked off with such distinctness as in most other species. ‘The internal walls of the diverticula can always be seen uniting just behind the posterior border of the ventral Ann. & Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 8. Vol. iv. 2 18 Dr. W. Nicoll on the sucker, as in Goldschmidt’s figure and my own. Both Looss and Odhner represent the diverticula as elongated sacs arising from a point in front of the ventral sucker; but in reality they are short, oval, club-like structures, the appearance of which is almost unique. Olsson’s figure gives an indication of this. The testes are two large globular bodies situated one on each side of the ventral sucker at the level of its posterior border. The ovary is situated further back near the ends of the intestinal diverticula, median in position and of globular or ovoid shape. The minute yolk-gland lies just in front of the ovary and the fairly large receptaculum seminis lies a little behind and to the right of the ovary. The genital aperture is situated at the left margin of the body on the level of the aperture of the ventral sucker. The cirrus- pouch is moderately large, retort-shaped, and extends barely beyond the posterior border of the ventral sucker. Its posterior part lies dorsal to the outer portion of the sucker, not, as Odhner and Goldschmidt represent it, entirely to the left side of the sucker, except in compressed specimens. It contains a bipartite vesicula seminalis, of which the posterior part is considerably the larger, a small but distinct pars prostatica, and a short ductus ejaculatorius, not lined by spines. ‘he uterus is confined mainly to the space behind the ends of the intestinal diverticula and contains Ifracidia in all stages of development. A full description of these is given by Looss and Goldschmidt. Looss’s Zoogonus mirus is in all probability identical with Odhner’s Z. rubellus—at any rate, features sufficient to distinguish them are not at present apparent. Derogenes varicus (Miiller). To the list of hosts in which I have already found this species must be added Callionymus lyra (frequently in the intestine), Trigla gurnardus (an immature specimen in the stomach), Gadus callarias (occasionally in the stomach), and Clupea sprattus (an immature specimen in the ceca). ‘This brings the number of British hosts of this species up to 15 and it is still to be found in many others. Although evi- dently very widely distributed it very probably occurs most frequently in Pleuronectide and Gadide. Lecithaster gibbosus (Rud.). (Pl. I. fig. 5.) = Derogenes cacozelus, mihi, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) xix. pp. 90-91, pl. iii. fig. 10. This was e “eously described as a new species from Entozoa of British Marine Fishes. 19 Hippoglossus vulgaris and Pleuronectes limandu in Part 1.* It was also met with in Ammodytes tobianus. To these have to be added Callionymus lyra, Osmerus eperlanus, and Clupea —: With the whiting and grey leer recorded by iss Lebour, and Belone vulgaris by Johnstone +, there is now a total of nine British hosts for the species, but to that number I shall have shortly another five to add. It is thus a widely distributed species and does not appear to have a special affinity for any particular group of fishes. The most remarkable feature about this parasite is that, according to my experience, very rarely does more than one specimen occur in any host at one time. This does not accord with Miss Lebour’s experience, but I have been struck with the curious circumstance ou numerous occasions. Practically the only host in which I ever obtained more than a couple of specimens was the whiting in the Firth of Clyde. This is one of the hosts in which Miss Lebour found the parasite, so that it may be specially liable to infection. Contrary to Miss Lebour, [ find that the species has a distinctly red colour, which renders it easy to be picked out from the intestinal contents. The characters of the species are sufficiently well known to obviate the necessity for redescription. One feature, however, must be mentioned, which has apparently escaped notice by previous observers, and that is the peculiar character of the contents of the excretory vesicle. Though not aware of it at the time, I first remarked on this in the case of my specimen from Ammodytes tobianus. Two concentrically ringed bodies are there referred to, but as the specimen was unfortunately destroyed no further investigation of their nature was possible. Since then I have seen similar bodies several times in living specimens of Lecithaster gibbosus and usually in much greater numbers. ‘They occur in all sizes from tiny specks to lobules half as large as the testes, and the larger ones almost invariably appear as if they contained smaller concentrically arranged globules within them. For this appearance there seems no obvious explanation, but there can be little doubt that the bodies are really globules of excretory matter. At any rate, they are paktaiaad within the main excretory vessels and are evidently homologous with the much smaller and more uniform globules commonly met with in the excretory vesicle of many other Trematodes. They were certainly not present in every specimen, and they always disappear on ® For drawing my attention to the identity of this species I am indebted to Dr. Udhner, of Upsala. + Trans. Biol. Soc. Liverpool, xxi, (1907) pp. 185-6, fig. 16 ( Distomum mollissimum). Q* 20 Dr. W. Nicoll on the preservation, which may account for the fact that no previous mention has been made of them. In the living animal, however, they present one of the most striking features. The average length of my specimens collected at St. Andrews is 1°4 mm. The ventral sucker is situated at a distance of about 2 of the body-length from the anterior end. The diameter of the oral sucker is ',; of the body-length and that of the ventral sucker rather more than }. The sucker- ratio is therefore approximately 2:3. Miss Lebour makes it 1: 2, but in her drawing it is almost exactly 2:3. The diameter of the pharynx is usually z4, of the body-length. The average size of the ova is ‘021 x ‘V145 mm. Hemiurus communis, Odhner. In addition to the hosts already recorded for this species must be mentioned Trigla gurnardus, Cottus scorpius, and Gadus callarias. It was also erroneously recorded in Part I. as Hemiurus appendiculatus (Rud.) from Cottus bubalis, Centronotus guernellus, Hippoglossus vu'garis, and Anguilla vulgaris. This makes the number of British hosts twelve *, but there are at least another nine fishes in which I have found it. It thus rivals Derogenes varicus as the most widely distributed Trematode parasite of marine fishes. This is probably due to the fact that the larval stage of both is passed in some very common Crustaceans, most likely Copepods. Levinsen’s discovery of the larva of Derogenes varicus in the Polychet worm, Harmothoé imbricata, has never been confirmed, so that much doubt must remain as to the correctness of his observation. Pratt’s discovery of true Hemiurid larve in Copepods indicates that they are really the hosts in which to look for the early stages of Hemiurus forms. A word may not be out of place here in reference to the recent proposal by Loosst to apply the terms soma and abdomen respectively to the body and appendicular part of appendiculate Distomes. The word abdomen has, apart from. its classical meaning, a recognized and definite significance in the anatomical terminology not only of Vertebrata but also of Invertebrata, and it seems unreasonable to apply such a general and well-known term to a single, small, specialised part. Such ause of the term has no justification on ana- tomical grounds, for in only a certain proportion of cases does * Itis recorded by Johnstone as Distomum appendiculatum from the plaice, dab, and whiting. t+ Zool. Anzeig. xxxi. (1907) p. 585. Entozoa of British Marine Fishes. 21 even a small part of the viscera extend into the appendicular part, the true function of which remains unelucidated. The older term “appendix” is much more applicable; but if exception is taken to that it is not difficult to coin a word, e. g. ecsoma (the part out of the body), much more appropriate than abdomen. The term introvert seems quite as suitable as any, even although it is used to describe different special organs in various groups of animals. cent work may be considered to have fairly well established the specific characters of Hemiurus communis, but there are still one or two points on which absolute uniformity does not exist. The length of the soma is 1-3 mm. The average breadth is about } of the length of the soma, greatest just before the junction with the ecsoma. The latter is at most #, frequently less, of the length of the soma. The neck (distance of the ventral sucker from the anterior end) is about } of the length of the soma. These measurements have been agreed on by every observer, but in connection with the sizes of the suckers my results are at variance with those of others. Both Odhner and Miss Lebour* give the ratio as approximately 1:2, but I have never yet founda specimen in which the ventral sucker was twice as great as the oral sucker. I find the ratio always greater than 1 : 2 and often as much as 2: 3. There is therefore no difference in this respect between Hemturus communis and LH, liihet. Wherein the difference between the two species really con- sists is that in //. lahet the suckers are proportionately much smaller than in //. communis. In the fatter the diameter of the ventral sucker is about } of the length of the soma, but it may be as small as 4 or as large as 4, depending to a great extent on the state of contraction. In //. lihei the veutral sucker rarely exceeds ,'; of the length of the soma. In H. communis the cesophagus is nearly equal to the pharynx in length. The genital sinus does not extend backwards as far as the ventral sucker ; the pars prostatica is of moderate length. The vesicula seminalis is bipartite, thin-walled, and situated just behind the ventral sucker. The testes are placed immediately behind the vesicula seminalis, always nore or less obliquely behind each other. ‘The ovary is separated from the testes by } of the length of the soma. Hemiurns lihei, Odhner. Hitherto this species has only been found in the herring ® In Miss Lebour’s figure of Hemiurus communis the sucker-ratio is, by measurement, exactly 2 : 3. 22 Dr. W. Nicoll on the and sprat, but I have to record its occurrence on at least one occasion in the stomach of Trigla gurnardus. It is rarely absent from the herring, but is more seldom found in the sprat, being present in only about 10 percent. In the latter fish it is not confined to the stomach, but may be found in the cesophagus, czeca, and even the intestine. It is readily distinguished from Hemturus communis by the comparatively enormous length of the pars prostatica, but this does not serve to separate it from H. appendiculatus. The specific features of H. lihet are:—length of soma 1:5-3°5 mm.; average breadth 4 of length ; ecsoma not more than } length of soma, frequently much less; neck not more than } of soma. The limits 74-75 for the neck given by Odhner are certainly much too small, although they serve to emphasize the fact that the suckers are more approximated in H. lihet than in H. communis and H. appendiculatus. The diameter of the ventral sucker is 74—/5 of the length of the soma, and it is thus relatively much smaller than in the other two species. The sucker-ratio is 3: 5 in such a large number of my specimens that [ am inclined to regard that as fairly constant and more accurate than the ratio which Odhner gives, namely 2:3. In some of my specimens it certainly reaches 2 : 3, but in others it falls aslowas1:2. Both diver- gences are probably due to contraction of one or other sucker. ‘The cesophagus is almost entirely absent. The genital sinus extends back as far as the anterior border of the ventral sucker ; the vesicula seminalis is bipartite, the anterior part being muscular, the other not, and it is situated far behind the ventral sucker (about + of the length of the soma). The testes lie immediately behind the vesicula, and as the ovary lies at about the same level as in Hemturus communis it follows that the genital glands are closer together than in that species. Distomum sp. From the rectum of Cyclopterus lumpus a small immature Distome was obtained, the identity of which I have not been able to determine. It was elongated, more pointed posteriorly than in front, and measured about ‘5mm. The body was entirely covered with spines. The oral sucker was slightly larger than the ventral sucker; the latter situated rather behind the middle of the body. Long prepharynx; small pharynx; small round sac-like excretory vesicle *. * A number of specimens of the same form, again immature, have recently been found by my friend Mr. William Small. The species apparently belongs to the genus Lepidapedon (Lepodora), but its identity with either of the already known species of that genus is not evident. Entozoa of British Marine Fishes, 23 Gasterostomum trigle, van Beneden. (PI. I. fig. 6.) Numerous examples of this species were frequently obtained in the intestine of Trigla gurnardus. ‘hey measured 1-3'5 mm. in length. A few immature specimens were also resent under 1 mm. in length. Whether they are really identical with the Gasterostomum trigle of van Beneden * is doubtful. The shape is somewhat more elongated than is usual in the ae so that the breadth is only }—-} of the length. The whole surface of the body, quite to the posterior end, is covered with numerous spines. ‘l'hese are large and strong about the middle part of the body, but decrease in size towards each end and particularly towards the hinder end. The anterior sucker is subterminal and comparatively large, having a diameter of ‘23 mm. in a specimen 3 mm. long, t, e. y's of the body-length. It has a thick rim, but a shallow cavity. The posterior sucker (pharynx) is small and in- significant, measuring only ‘12 mm., @. e. almost exactly half the anterior sucker. It is round and is situated just behind the middle point of the body. The most characteristic feature of the species is entirely omitted in van Beneden’s figure. This is a peculiar fan- shaped structure surmounting and overhanging the anterior sucker. ‘The upper surface of the structure is thrown into five ridges, with depressions between, all radiating from a point corresponding to the centre of the sucker. ‘These ridges project over the dorsal edge of the structure and appear as small symmetrically arranged papilla. The two corners of the edge overhanging the sucker also appear to be raised as papilla, but they are not so prominent. The structure is thus seven-pointed, five of the points being dorsal and two ventral, overhanging the sucker. In none of my specimens, either in the living state or preserved, were tle papille much extended, and indeed in some of them they were so small as to be almost invisible. This latter fact may account for van Beneden’s failing to observe them, ‘These papilla are evidently homologous with the much more exaggerated tentacle-like papilla of Gasterostomum fimbriatum, ‘The alimentary system consists of a short simple sac opening from the posterior sucker and directed forwards. ‘Lhe testes are two fairly large round or oval bodies, situated, one directly behind the other, on the right side of the body and not far behind the posterior sucker. ‘lhe cirrus-pouchi is * Mém. Ac. Roy. Belg. xxxviii. pl. iil. fig. 15. 24 On the Entozoa of British Marine F. ishes. comparatively short, not extending further forward than the middle of the posterior testis. Its structure does not appear to differ from that in the other species of the genus. The ovary is situated a little in front of the anterior testis and almost on a level with the posterior sucker or even slightly in front of it. It is about the same size as each testis and is round or somewhat oval. The yolk-glands consist of two separate lateral groups of follicles, extending from the posterior sucker halfway towards the anterior sucker or a little further forwards. The yolk-ducts run down on each side and unite just behind the posterior sucker. The uterus is very extensive, occupying the greater part of the body from a short distance behind the anterior sucker. ‘The ova are extremely numerous and for the most part of a rich brownish-yellow colour; they are regularly ovoid and of surprisingly uniform size, measuring *035—037 x ‘021- "023 mm. The above description agrees to a certain extent with van Beneden’s figure ot Gasterostomum trigle. In his figure the yolk-glands are rather far forward, the genital glands are on the left side of the body, the anterior sucker is elongated, and the structure surmounting the sucker is not represented. The absence of this is sufficient to throw doubt on the identification of my specimens with G. trigle, van Ben., for the structure is usually so prominent in my specimens that it seems impossible that anyone could have missed seeing it. On the other hand, the similarity in internal anatomy and the fact that both come from the same host are suggestive of their identity. Gasterostomum trigla, van Ben., can hardly be considered a properly characterised species; all that van Beneden gives is a figure with not a word of description. It seems inadvisable, however, to create a new specific name for my specimens from Trigla gurnardus; further research will probably throw more light on their identity. Gasterostomum gracilescens, Rud. A large munber of immature specimens of this species were found in the stomach of acod. ‘lhe latter is not regarded as a final host of this species, although it functions as an inter- mediate host for the encysted cercarie. Adult Gasterostoma have never been found in it. The specimens under con- sideration had probably come from some Gadoid fish ingested by the cod, and it is doubtful if they would have attained maturity in this host. —— Descriptions and Records of Bees. 25 EXPLANATION OF PLATE L The following letters apply to all the figures :— BS. Ventral sucker. PG. Genital aperture. CB. Cirrus-pouch, PP. Pars prostatica, DR. Yolk-reservoir. T,, T,. Testes. DSt. Yolk-glands. RS. Receptaculum seminis. Ex, Excretory vesicle. Ut. Uterus. J. Intestinal diverticula. Vg. Vagina. KSt. Ovary. VS. Vesicula seminalis. Ov. Ova. Fig. 1. (Lebouria) alacris, Lss. Ventral view. x 50. Fig. 2. Dihemistephanus lydia (Stoss.). Ventral view. x 45. Fig. 3. Ditto. Head, dorsal aspect. x 105. Fig. 4. Zoogonus rubellus (Olsson). Ventral view. x 75. Fig. 5. Lecithaster gibbosus (Rud.). Ventral view. x 50. Fig. 6. Gasterostomum trigla, vy. Ben. Ventral view. x 30. AS., an- terior sucker. PS., posterior sucker. 1].—Deseriptions and Records of Bees —XX1. By TI’. D. A. CockERELL, University of Colorado. Agapostemon sulcatulus, sp. n. 3d .—Length 8 mm. or slightly over. In Craw ford’s table (Pr. Nebraska Acad. Sci. 1901, p. 158) it runs to EK, but does not resemble A. nasutus or A. rhopalo- cera; except for the small size it runs to C, and runs out because the head and thorax are brilliant green, not at all blue, and the yellow band on the clypeus is without any sign of a tooth or projection. Form slender ; scape black, with a broad yellow stripe in front; flagellum dull ferruginous beneath, black above. Wings perceptibly dusky, with a yellow or orange tint ; stigma dull amber-colour, nervures dark fuscous. Metathorax above shining and very coarsely wrinkled, the area not defined ; posterior face with strong sharp edges; first four trochanters yellow with a little black, hind trochanters black. Legs yellow, a Jarge black patch on apex of hind femora and a small spot on middle ones; middle and hind tibiz with a black band on outer side and a dark apical spot, anterior tibia with a du ky mark behind. Abdo- men with five yellow dorsal bands, that on first segment narrowed in the middle; venter with fuscous markings, 26 Mr. T. D. A. Cockerell—Descriptions and consisting of transverse bands on first four segments, dark only on fourth, a large triangular area on fifth, and the middle of sixth, the last being about evenly tripartite, the sides yellow ; sixth segment with a delicate median sulcus on its apical half. A, viridulus also occurs at Malcolm (Oertel), but that species has a keel instead of a sulcus on the last ventral segment and is much larger; it also has the anterior femora heavily marked with black behind, while in sulcatulus they are entirely yellow. Compared with A. tevanus the new species is smaller, with the stigma not so red, and the markings on the legs and ventral surface of abdomen very different. Compared with A. fasciatus it is separated by the black basal half of the first abdominal segment, the colour of the trochanters, &c. Hab. Malcolm, Nebraska, September (Birkmann). The bees of Malcolm, collected by Mr. Birkmann in Sep- tember, include both eastern and western types, the former preponderating. Some of the more interesting are :—Antho- phora walshit, Cress. (at flowers of Salvia), Melissodes boltonie, Rob., M/. vernonia, Rob., Tetralonia cressoniana, Ckll., 9, var. with black flagellum (at flowers of Sulvia), Megachile emoryi, Ckll., Panurginus prercet, Crawf. Megachile mucida semimucida, subsp. n. ? .—Length about 15 mm. Hair of head black, except some pale ochreous between antenne and on front; of thorax above and at sides pale ochreous, with a silky appearance, but on underside black; of abdomen pale ochreous above on first segment and basal half of second, otherwise, including the scopa, wholly black; hair of legs black, more or less reddish on inner side of small joints of tarsi; hind basitarsi broad and flat. Wings strongly infuscated. Mandibles 3-dentate; clypeus very densely punctured, with a median shining ridge, lower margin shining and crenulate. g .—Agrees well with Cresson’s description of I. mucida, but the coxal spines are only moderately long, above each is a large patch of fox-red pubescence ; the anterior femora are pale yellowish suffused with red, marked with black apically. Wings dusky throughout. Apical joint of antennz some- what dilated and flattened. There is a strong general resemblance to M. wootont and its allies, but, among other things, the dense black hair on Records of Bees. 27 upper outer edge of the tarsal boat-like scale is distinctive, as also the rectangular notch at apex of abdomen. In the female the wholly black ventral scopa, black hair of cheeks, &e. are good characters. Hab. Fedor, Lee County, Texas, March 27, 1909 (Birkmann). Prosopis digitata fedorica, subsp. n. 3 .—Length about 4 mm. Runs in my table of Prosopis (‘ Entomologist,’ 1898, p- 186) to P. subdigitata, but differs as follows :—Supra- clypeal mark large and broad, truncate and not at all rd gated above ; lateral marks with the upward finger-process very short, ending at same level as top of supraclypeal mark ; sides of lateral marks forming an acute angle with orbit above, the point where they leave the orbit being lower than their upper edge mesad of the finger-like process ; scape with a light yellow stripe; area of metathorax strongly rugose- wrinkled in the basal middle, but otherwise nearly smooth though dull, the sides very well defined by a curved sulcus. Flagellum dull ferruginous beneath ; thorax wholly without light markings ; markings of face very pale yellow. Wings greyish, iridescent. Legs with the yellow rather more extended than in P. digitata. This is a southern member of the group of species or races called P. digitata, subdigitata, and rudbeckie (see ‘ Psyche,’ June 1896, p. 31). Hab, Fedor, Lee County, Texas, March 17, 1909 (Birk- mann). At the same time and place Mr. Birkmann took a variety of P. georgica, Ckll., smaller than the type, with the face- markings pale instead of bright yellow, and a black spot on the hind tibiz within, This insect, which is easily known from P. zizi@ and its allies by the very narrow lower part of face, may stand as P. georgica, var. leeana, nov. The scape is broad, with the anterior half light yellow. It is inter- esting to find at one spot in Texas two forms of Prosopis, one a modified representative of a Rocky Mountain group, the other a variety or subspecies of a type belonging to the South-eastern States. At the same time and place there also occurred an example of P. say, Rob., a species characteristic of the Northern States east of the plains, 28 Mr. T. D. A. Cockerell—Deseriptions and Robertsonella crategina, sp. 0. 6 .—Length 74-8 mm. Black, with white pubescence ; abdominal segments 1 to 4 with conspicuous white apical hair-bands, that on 1 broadly interrupted ; segments 5 and 6 conspicuously hairy; six ventral segments visible, the last strongly emarginate, the second concave and shining, the third with a patch of white hair on middle of apical margin. This species is in nearly all respects like MM. gleasoni, Titus, the only previously known member of the genus, but is considerably larger, and the second recurrent nervure ends much nearer to the apex of the second submarginal cell, while the basal nervure fails to reach the transverso-medial. The characteristic appearance of the face and antenne and the fine sculpture are quite the same. Hab. Lee County, ‘exas, March 15, 1907, and Fedor, April 14, 1901 (Birkmann). It occurred at flowers of Crategus. Calliopsis coloratipes fedorensis, subsp. n. 2 .—Similar to C. coloratipes, but a little larger, and with the disk of the first abdominal segment quite densely beset with very minute punctures, very similar to those on the second (in coloratipes this part is smooth and shining, with a few scattered punctures). Eyes ochreous; clypeus with two broad black bars, not reaching the summit; lateral face- marks ending in a point above, their upper inner margin wavy; dog-ear marks represented by small spots; hair of vertex and thorax above pale fulvous. I should consider this a distinct species were not the forms of the C. coloradensis group so variable. ‘The insect is superficially very much like the S.-American Parafriesia printt (Holmbg.). Hab. Fedor, Texas, Sept. 21, 1897 (Birkmann). At Fedor Mr. Birkmann also takes (April, June) C. an- dreniformis, Smith; the females rather large and less dis- tinctly banded than usual. Panurginus polytrichus, sp. n. ¢ .—Length about 6 mm. Black, head and thorax densely clothed with coarse dull whitish hair ; thorax without light markings; pale colour of face confined to clypeus, which is broad, shining, and very pale yellowish, a sort of ivory tint; labrum and mandibles apap Records of Bees. 29 black ; head broad; antenn rather short and stout, flagellum bright ferruginous beneath except at extreme base and apex ; mesothorax and scutellum shining, rather feebly punctured ; area of metathorax rugose basally; tegule shining pale reddish, fuscous anteriorly. Wings only faintly dusky, strongly iridescent, nervures and stigma ferruginous ; first recurrent nervure meeting first transverse cubital or entering extreme base of second submarginal cell. Legs black, all the tarsi pale reddish, anterior tibiz in front and mark on ante- rior knees pale yellow. Abdomen broad for a male, black, the hind margins of the segments broadly testaceous; sixth ventral segment broadly emarginate, the angles dentiform. Compared with P. cressoniellus, Ckll., this is easily distin- guished by the larger head, broad clypeus, pallid tegul, and other characters. Compared with P. verus, CkIl., it differs conspicuously by the shorter antenna, red stigma, and other features. From P. malvastri, Sw. & CkIl., it is easily known by its smaller size, pallid clypeus, &c. Hab. Fedor, Texas, April 16, 1903 (Birkmann) ; also Lee Co., ‘T’exas, April 10 (Birkmann). Neopasites eamia, sp. 0. 3 .—Length 6 mm. Very robust; head and thorax very densely punctured, black, with only the mandibles and tubercles red ; pale scale- like pubescence as usual; eyes very pale purplish grey ; flagellum bright ferruginous beneath; scutellum moderately bigibbous ;_ tegule bright orange-ferruginous. Wings dusky, nervures and stigma black, first r. n. meeting first t.-c. Knees, anterior and middle tibia, hind tibiw at extreme base and apex, and anterior tarsi all red; middle tarsi reddish. Abdomen broad, of a fine deep red colour, the segments with a transverse median black cloud, practically absent on the first, becoming stronger towards the apex, and involving practically the whole of the sixth ; apical plate large ; pale pubescence forming subdorsal patches, but the spotting is not nearly so conspicuous as in NV. pulchellus (Cress.). Nearest to N. heliopsis (Rob.), but easily distinguished by the very robust form and the much redder abdomen. Hab. Lee County, Texas, May 1908 (Birkmann). Stelis birkmanni, sp. n. 3 .—Length about 6 mm. Rather robust, black, with no light markings on the head, 30 Descriptions and Records of Bees. thorax, or legs, but with very pale yellowish (ivory-coloured) bands, very slightly interrupted in the middle, on the first five abdominal segments; spurs dark. Wings infuscated, violaceous in the marginal cell and beyond, outer marginal field with crimson and green irilescence. This looks almost exactly like Microstel’s feederalis (Smith), but differs in several important characters, as follows:— Second recurrent nervure meeting second transverse cubital ; apex of third ventral segment with a median, oval, shining, button-like tubercle; band on first abdominal segment scarcely or not interrupted; flagellum entirely black. Hab. Lee County, Texas, April 10, at flowers of Phacelia ; collected by the Rev. G. Birkmann. Osmia botitena, sp. n. ? .—Length about 9 mm. Rather robust, bluish green; head and thorax densely punctured, abdomen less densely; clypeus normal, rather projecting ; mandibles 3-dentate ; antenne and tegule black. Wings broadly pale reddish smoky in marginal cell and on cuter margin. Legs black, more or less tinged with blue- green, the anterior femora behind brilliantly coloured; hair on inner side of hind basitarsus pale orange ; hair of head and thorax white; abdomen subfasciate, with white hair at sides of first two segments ; ventral scopa yellowish white. Closely related in all respects to O. subfasciata, Cresson (which I have from Plano, Texas, collected in June by Mr. E. 8. Tucker), but the abdomen is conspicuously broader and the punctures on the posterior segments are not large and coarse as they are in subfasciata. In both the basal nervure falls a trifle short of the transverso-medial. The head in O. botitena is somewhat broader than long ; in subfasciata the reverse is the case. Compared with O. conjuncta, Cresson, the new species is larger and much greener, with the abdomen longer and more strongly punctured. Compared with O. pumila it is larger, more brightly coloured, and has the second and third abdominal segments conspicuously con- stricted near the base, which is not at all the case in pumila. Hab. Lee County, Texas, April 23, 1906 (Birkmann, no. 99). The name botitena (from the Malay) has reference to the white ventral scopa. ross S = = = = Le) ~ =n = C & > = On Crustacea from Scottish Waters. 31 Augochlora sumptuosa bolliana, subsp. n. 9 .—Compared with true A. sumptuosa, Sm. (Florida, Robertson), the ‘Texan form is smaller (anterior wing 7 mm.) and bluer, with the tarsi dark; hair on outer side of hind basitarsi blackish, on inner side not brightly coloured ; basal area of metathorax longer, not so well defined, rather coarsely granular ; head smaller and rounder, The abdomen has a dullish satiny surface, and the vibrissz are very short, white, and inconspicuous. Hind spur pectinate, with few teeth. Probably this will be separated as a distinct species when the males are known, Hab. Lee County, Texas, June, 2 9 (Birkmann), Named after the well-known collector who first took A, sumptuosa in Texas. I1I.—On new and rare Crustacea from Scottish Waters. By Tuomas Scorr, LL.D., F.L.S. [Plates II. & HL.) Tue Crustacea described here were obtained in collections made by the fishery steamer ‘ Goldseeker’ while carrying on work in the North Sea and adjacent waters under the direc- tion of Professor d’Arcy W. Thompson, C.B., F.L.S., the representative for Scotland on the International Committee. I am indebted to Professor Thompson for permission to publish these notes. AMPHIPODA. Genus EvstroGENEs, Stebbing, 1904. Eustrogenes propinquus, sp.n. (PI. II. figs. 1-9.) The genus Eustrogenes was established by the Rev. T. R. R. Stebbing in the year 1904 for an Amphipod which, while it agreed generally with Husirus, Kroyer, differed in some important points, and among others in the structure of the gnathopoda *, The form recorded here, of which only a damaged specimen was obtained, agrees very well with the characters by which * T. R. R. Stebbing, “On Biscayan Plankton,” Trans. Linn. Soe. ser. 2, Zool. vol. x. p. 15, pl. 2a (Nov. 1904). 32 Dr. T. Scott on new and rare Eusirogenes is distinguished, and I think undoubtedly belongs to that genus; but, as indicated below, it differs in some respects from the species described by Mr. Stebbing. Un- fortunately Hustrogenes dolichocarpus, Stebbing, like the form mentioned here, was described from a single damaged specimen, and the author was unable to give so full a descrip- tion of it as would have been desirable. Had the specimens in both cases been perfect, other differences besides those referred to might have been noticed. In the specimen now recorded the cephalon was very imperfect and both pairs of antenne were gone. The mandibles, maxille, and maxillipeds, as shown by the drawings, are somewhat similar in structure to the same appendages in £. dolichocarpus. The gnathopods are unequal in size, the first pair being somewhat larger than the second. In the first pair the basal joint is elongated and tapers towards the distal end, where it is only half as wide as at the proximal end; this joint is furnished with a few moderately long and slender bristles. The third and fourth joints are short. The carpus or fifth joint is elongated and slender, its length is equal to about four-fifths of that of the second joint ; the superior margin of the joint is nearly straight, while the lower curves downward from both ends to form a small triangular process, the apex of which is rather nearer the proximal than the distal extre- mity and bears one or two moderately long and slender bristles. The distal half of the lower margin forms a shallow concavity to receive the large propodos when folded back upon the carpal joint. The propodos is about twice as long as broad, and with the outer and inner edges nearly parallel ; the outer edge or palm terminates below in a distinct though small angular projection, from which springs a moderately long and stout spine; the dactylus is long and slender, slightly curved and finely serrated on the inner edge (fig. 4). The second pair of gnathopods, though smaller than the first, are somewhat similar to them in structure; in this pair, however, the second joint is narrow, with the margins nearly parallel, and provided with a number of marginal bristles ; the carpal joint is rather longer than the second, and the bristles at the apex of the triangular process of the lower margin are more numerous; the propodos also differs from that of the first pair in that it expands and becomes rather wider posteriorly (fig. 5). The remaining pereiopods were imperfect, but appeared to be all elongated and slender as in E. dolichocarpus. ‘he coxal plates of the gnathopods and of the first and second Crustacea from Scottish Waters. 33 pereiopods are slightly notched near the lower front angle, as shown in the drawing (fig. 5). The last pair of epimeral plates are broadly rounded and have the posterior margin finely serrated (fig. 8). Uropoda imperfect. elson moderately elongated, the length being about twice the width at the proximal end, and tapering to the somewhat pointed but slightly cleft apex (fig. 9). Hab. Station 53 (lat. 59° 36’ N., long. 70° 0’ W.), 1140 metres deep, Aug. 17th, 1906. Remarks.—The specimen now recorded has a close general resemblance to 2, dolichocarpus, but as it differs from that species in one or two points, I am inclined for the present to regard it as a separate though closely allied species, In LE. dolichocarpus the postero-lateral angles of the third pleon segment (the last pair of epimeral plates) “are smoothly rounded, not serrate.” In the ‘ Goldseeker’ specimen the postero-lateral angles are also rounded, but the lateral margin is distinctly serrate. Moreover, in £. dolichocarpus the stem of the fifth joint of the second gnathopods is con- siderably wider than that of the first pair and is nearly two and a half times as long as the part which forms the cup for the propodos, whereas in the ‘ Goldseeker ’ specimen the stem of the fifth joint of the second pair, which differs little from that of the first, scarcely equals in length the part that forms the propodal cup. Genus Parascina, Stebbing, 1904. Parascina fowleri, Stebbing. (Pl. II. figs. 10-16; Pl. ILI. figs. 16, 17.) 1904. Parascina fowleri, Stebbing, “ Biscayan Plankton,” Trans, Linn. Soe. ser. 2, Zool. vol. x. p. 21, pl. 2B. One or two specimens of this species occurred in the same gathering in which the Lusirogenes recorded above was obtained. Parascina has a general resemblance to Seina, but differs distinctly in the form of the first and second maxillz and the maxillipeds and in the structure of the fifth air of thoracic legs. - The two pairs of maxille consist of broad lamelliform plates, fringed with numerous fine hairs aud furnished also with several marginal spines, as shown in figs. 11 and 12, Pl. 11, The maxillipeds consist of two large hemispherical plates, the inner margins ‘of which are nearly straight, while the opposite margins are broadly and evenly rounded but Ann. & Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 8. Vol. iv. 3 34 Dr. T. Scott on new and rare with a shallow notch near the distal end; the inner margins and the distal end of the outer margins are fringed with moderately stout bristles. The inner plates, though also moderately large, are smaller than the outer ones; their outline is subtriangular, with the distal end broad and evenly but not very boldly rounded, and with a minute tooth-like process near the outer angle; the distal margin is also densely fringed with fine hairs; these inner plates are situated one behind the other on the same side as shown in the drawing (fig. 16, PJ. I1I.), and it is interesting to notice that Mr. Stebbing, in the work referred to above, shows these plates arranged in the same way as described here, which therefore probably is the normal position of them in this species—a position that does not seem to be usual among the Amphipoda. The first and second gnathopoda are nearly alike, and they are both unprovided with chele. The end-joint bears three apical spines, the middle one being twice or three times longer than that on either side (figs. 13 & 14, Pl. I1.). In the fifth pair of thoracic legs (the third pair if the gnathopods are not counted) the basal joint is not armed with marginal teeth as in Scina, nor is the distal end produced into a spiniform process. The third pair of uropods are moderately stout; the inner branch is about as long as the basal joint, the outer margin of this branch and the inner margin of the outer branch are both finely serrated. Telson small, subovate. Parascina fowlert has also been recorded by Chevreux and Tattersall. Its occurrence at ‘Goldseeker’ Station 53 extends its distribution northwards considerably. Genus CystosoMa, Guérin-Méneville. Cystosoma spinosum (Fabr.). A small specimen of Cystosoma scarcely 20 mm. in length was obtained in a gathering collected by the ‘ Goldseeker’ in August 1907 at a depth of a little over 500 metres in lat. 60° 31' N., long. 3° 53! W., that is in the Faroe-Shetland Channel, but nearer Shetland than Faroe. A slight dorsal ridge extends from the cephalon to the base of the telson. Each segment has the posterior margin denticulate; the median dorsal tooth is of moderate size, but the other denticles are small, and they are more numerous on the margins of the pereion-segments. ‘I'he specimen is devoid of colour and almost transparent, ‘Tattersall records this species from Crustacea from Scottish Waters. 35 “50 miles N. by W. of Eagle Island, Co. Mayo.” One female 50 mm. was obtained at 700 fathoms*. Rev. T.R.R. Stebbing remarks that Cystosoma has species which combine a length of 4 or 5 inches with the respectable breadth and depth of an inch in the amplest part of the head ft. The specimen from the Faroe-Shetland Channel, judged by dimensions like these, must be regarded as “ small.” COPEPODA-CALANOIDA, Genus PSEUDOTHARYBIS, T’. Scott. Pseudotharybis dubius, sp. n. (2). (Pl. ILL. tigs. 1-15.) Body moderately stout, forehead rounded, rostrum small, last thoracic segment scarcely produced and rounded at the sides, abdomen and caudal rami short. Antennule on the (?) left { side composed of twenty-four joints, the first two stout, other joints small, but the eighth and the penultimate joints are rather longer than the others. The (?) right antennule is composed of eighteen joints, but is otherwise somewhat similar to the left; both are provided with several short sensory filaments (figs. 2 & 3). Antenne with the inner ramus considerably shorter than the outer, as in Tharybis, G. O. Sars. Mandibles with the masticatory end truncated and armed with strong teeth, and the palp is moderately large and two- branched. Maxille nearly as in Tharybis. First maxillipeds jd but armed with two moderately strong spiniform sete and a number of stout bristles (fig. 8). Second maxillipeds somewhat similar to those of Tharybis, but the first basal joint is furnished with stout, curved, spini- form setz on the inner distal angle in addition to several bristles (fig. 9). In the first pair of swimming-feet the spines on the outer distal angles of the first and second joints of the outer branches are long and slender, The exterior marginal spines on the outer branches of the other three pairs are also mode- rately elongated, while the terminal spines are nearly one and * “Pelagic Amphipoda of the Irish Atlantic Slope,” Fisheries, Ireland Sci. Invest. 1905, iv. (1906) p. 17. + ‘A History of Crustacea,’ p. 30. { The antennules were dissected off and mounted ere the difference between them was observed, and there is some doubt as to which is right and which is left, 3% ‘BG On Crustacea from Scottish Waters. a half times the length of the joint to which they are articu- lated (figs. 10-13). Fifth pair of thoracic feet short, moderately stout, and slightly asymmetrical (fig. 14). The inner distal angle of the penultimate joint becomes in the one ramus a small papilliform process, but not in the other. The end joints of both rami are furnished with a small spine near the middle of the outer margin and with three unequal terminal spines, the two inner spines being large and stout, and the outer as shown in the drawing. Hab. Station 53 (lat. 59° 36’ N., long. 7° 00’ W.), 1140 metres, Aug. 17th, 1907. No males observed. Remarks.—This species, like Pseudotharybis zetlandicus, T. Scott, has a moderately close resemblance to Tharybis, G. O. Sars; but the structure of the fifth pair of thoracic feet in the female differs considerably and the first maxillipeds are also devoid of sensory filaments. The species now described also differs from P. zet/andicus in several respects, d. é. in the asymmetrical antennules, in the armature of the second maxillipeds and of the first and fifth pairs of thoracic feet. One or two other though perhaps less prominent differences might be mentioned, but those referred to are sufficient to distinguish the present species from that pre- viously described. EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES *, Prats IL Eusirogenes propinquus, sp. 0. Fig. 1. Mandible and palp. 2. Second maxilla. 3. Maxillipeds. 4. First gnathopod. 5. Second gnathopod. 6 & 7. First and second pereiopods, 8. Last epimeral plate. 9. Telson. Parascinus forvleri, Stebbing. Fig. 10. Upper antenna. 11. First maxilla. 12. Second maxilla. 13. First gnathopod. 14. Second gnathopod. 15. First pereiopod. 16. Third pereiopod. PuatE III, Pseudotharybis dubius. Fig. 1. Female, side view. 2.(?) Right antennule. 3. (?) Left an- tennule. 4. Antenna. 5 & 6. Mandible and palp. 7. Max- illa. 8. First maxilliped. 9. Second maxilliped. 10. One of first pair of swimming-feet. 11. One ofsecond pair. 12. One ofthird pair. 13, One of fourth pair. 14. Fifth pair. 15, Ab- domen. Parascina fowleri, Stebbing. Fig. 16. Maxillipeds. 17. Last pair of uropods and telson. * The figures are drawn with a “Zeiss” camera and are all enlarged. On some common Crinoid Names. 37 1V.—Some common Crinoid Names, and the Fixation of Nomenclature. By F. A. Batuer, M.A., D.Sc., F.RLS. In his paper “The Genus Enerinus” (Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) ui. pp. 308-310, March 1909) Mr. Austin Hobart Clark opens with such pointed reference to my previous attempts at fixing the nomenclature of the crinoid genera involved that silence on my part might seem discourteous, or else to imply that I accepted all Mr. Clark’s statements without demur. Since Mr. F. Springer has also taken up the question in an admirable paper (‘A new American Jurassic Crinoid,” Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxxvi. pp. 170-190, pl. iv., 3rd March, 1909), I am at last persuaded to publish the following comments. Mr. Clark makes the criticism that the name Jsocrinus is not, as I said (1898), due to H. v. Meyer, but to L. Agassiz. He writes (1909, March, p. 808) :—“‘ Jsocrinus was first erwed in 1836 (L. Agassiz, Mém. de Soc. de Sci. Nat. de euchatel, i. p. 195, type Lsocrinites pendulus, de (sic) Meyer, 1835, nomen nudum,=Zsocrinus pendulus, von Meyer.” I do not know whence Mr, Clark obtained either the spelling *“* Tsocrinites”’ or the date “1835.” In the British Museum copy of the memoir cited the words are “ J. pendulus H. de M. (encore inédit.).”? Therefore, until v. Meyer (1837) published his description of J. pendulus, Isocrinus had no genotype, while its diagnosis was inadequate and incorrect: “ ‘Trés- voisin des Pentacrines, dont il a la tige avec ses rayons simples. Les premiers articles des rayons du disque ne font pas saillie comme dans le genre Pentacrinus; en revanche, la partie supérieure de la tige est plus développée.” But, apart from all this, Agassiz definitely assigned thie name IJsocrinus to “ H. de Meyer,” and was no doubt attempting to condense manuscript information supplied by that author. Had it not been for von Meyer’s own paper (1837) the name Jsocrinus would never have come up for discussion. How the generic name may be written and quoted by others is a matter of small importance. But the foregoing are the facts of the case. Mr. Clark seems to hint at further ignorance on my part in reference to the names Balanocrinus and Metacrinus. He says “Ba/anocrinus is not available for any genus of Pentacrinitide.” It is admitted on p. 247 of my paper (1898) that “ De Loriol has perhaps strained a point” ; “ but,” I add, “ nothing would be gained by contesting his action.” The facts are these:—The name Balanocrinus occurs first in 38 Dr. F. A. Bather on some Desor (1845, Bull. Soc. Sci. nat. Neuchatel, i. p. 214) for “ Pentacrines ayant la face articulaire des anneaux de la tige crénelée sur son pourtour. Jusqu’ici on ne connaissait que des fragments de tiges de ce type. On en avait méme distingué plusieurs espéces, les Pentacrinus subteres Miinst. et P. pentagonalis Gldf.; mais on n’avait aucune idée des calices. M. Agassiz vient de découvrir, parmi les Crinoides du Musée de Bale, un calice en forme de gland, dont la base présente une articulation tout-A-fait semblable a celle du Pentacrinus subteres. Ce savant en a fait un genre a part, sous le nom de Balanocrinus, et il pense qu’on devra lui associer toutes les tiges qui présentent ce mode d’articulation.” Is it not perfectly clear that, had the matter rested here, we should have been bound to adopt Balanocrinus Desor ex Agassiz MS., with genotype either B. subteres or B. penta- gonalis? This, as it happens, is precisely what we all have done, the former species being taken as genotype. Why then does Mr, Clark say we are wrong? Because, as de Loriol has told us (1879, ‘ Crin, foss. Suisse,’ pp. 163, 175, and 1888, ‘ Paléont. frane. Crin. jurass.’ p. 295), the “‘calice en forme de gland” proved to be nothing but a stem- fragment of Millericrinus (? M. mattheyi), swollen owing to the attacks of a parasite. But this fragment, being neither described nor named by Agassiz, afforded no species to serve as genotype. It is true that the supposed discovery of a calyx led Agassiz to found his genus; but this quotation from Desor shows that the diagnostic character was derived trom the joint-face of the stem. Clearly Agassiz thought he was dealing with a Pentacrinus subteres, and that species, if any, would have been his genotype. ‘To try to avoid the natural conclusions from these undisputed facts requires more than legal subtlety and brings no advantage to anybody. “ Metacrinus,” says Mr. Clark quite correctly, “ was first diagnosed in 1882.” I did not in 1898 give any other date, or any date at all, since I was not discussing Metacrinus. I did, however, take from the paper to which he refers (P. H. Carpenter, 1882, Bull. Mus, Comp. Zool. Harvard, x. p. 167) a statement as to the origin of thename. It may, nevertheless, be pointed out that Carpenter’s reference to Metacrinus in that paper (1882) was rather in the nature of a passing allusion to Wyville Thomson’s MS. name, and that no species was then described or even mentioned by name. Therefore in the Echinoderma volume of the ‘ Treatise on Zoology ’ (1900) it seemed more useful to refer the student to the complete description in the ‘Challenger’ Report of 1884. - common Crinoid Names. 39 Mr. Clark’s statements concerning the name LEncrinus involve more serious questions. Passing over various writers after 1758, he stops at Blamenbach (1779, ‘ Handb. d. Natur- geschichte ’), and finds that the name must be applied to the ordinary Pentacrinus asteria, which is now generally called Isocrinus by writers on crinoids. ‘This may be the correct inference, but it seems hard that the absurdity should have to be fathered on Blumenbach. That eminent naturalist professed to be writing a manual for the elementary student and the amateur rather than a complete systematic treatise, and in dealing with the recent Echinoderma, or Cartilaginea as he called them, he used only the commonly known names, Echinus, Asterias, and Encrinus. Had he been asked why he referred the Iss asteria of Linneus to Encrinus, he would doubtless have replied in the words of John Ellis (1762, Phil. Trans. lii. p. 358), “ As it comes nearest to the fossils called encrini, or lilii lapidei [sic], 1 shall keep that name, and call it Encrinus, etc.” But in the second part of the same work, in the Abschnitt ‘ Von den Versteinerungen,’ we find “ Die Encriniten und Pentacriniten”’ quite clearly distinguished, and it was with the latter alone that Blumenbach compared his Encrinus asteria. A few years later (1790, Voigt’s Mag. f. d. neueste a. d. Physik, vi. Heft 4, pp. 1-17) he was severe on Holimann for having confused” Pentacrinus with En- erinus, Since the days of Lachmund (1669) the name Fncrinus had been in constant use for the Lilium lapideum of the Muschelkalk, and it cannot be supposed that Blumen- bach had the smallest intention of diverting it from this well- known use. To preserve this older meaning, however, we are compelled by the modern rules of nomenclature to find some instance of its application before 1779 and after 1758. Mr. Springer (1909) and Mr. A. H. Clark (1908, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxxiv. p. 517) both refer to Enerinus coral- loides Andres (1763), but both have had the misfortune to quote Andres incorrectly though diversely. The figures actually referred to by Andre represent stem-fragments that cannot, in my opinion, be referred with certainty to any species or genus. If this is to be the basis of Hncrinus, the name will simply disappear from actual use. ‘To rescue it, -something earlier and more intelligible must be sought for. The desired application seemed to have been found in C. F. Schulze (1760, ‘ Betrachtung d. versteinerten See- sterne’) ; but Mr. Clark asks why I should take this and not take Schulze’s Decacnimos, Polyactinis, and Triscadecacnimos instead of the later Antedon and Actinometra. ‘The simplest answer to this is that, whereas I have had occasion to go fully 40 Dr. F. A. Bather on some into the history of Encrinus, I have made no serious attempt to deal with Antedon and Actinometra. Had I proceeded to the task of subdividing those genera—a task which I fore- shadowed in the ‘ Annals’ in 1891, but which has now been accomplished by Mr. Clark—then I should have attempted to revise the nomenclature. So far as possible I leave names alone until the need for publishing new facts involves more precise definition or discrimination. Another reason is that in the case of Encrinus there is no possible room for doubt as to Schulze’s meaning, because he gives excellent figures of the fossil usually known as En- crinus liliiformis. In the case of the other names few would be bold enough to say definitely to which species each of them refers. But perhaps the truest reason is that I have long been aware of the facts recounted in Mr. Clark’s paper and of others given in the more complete history just published by Mr. F. Springer (1909), and I saw that terrible difficulties would arise if Schulze’s Encrinus were not accepted. Over- whelmed by the thought, I clutched at the first obvious straw, letting the rest of the bundle drift whither it would. Of course I am prepared to accept the contention of those who have recently examined the work of Schulze (viz. A. H. Clark, 1908, “The Nomenclature of the Recent Crinoids,” Proc. U.S. National Mus. xxxiv. 435-542; W. K. Fisher, 1908, ‘‘ Necessary Changes in the Nomenclature of Starfishes,” Smithson. Miscell. Coll. Quart. lii. 87-93; F. Springer, 1909, op. cit.; and others), and to admit that his names are not always binomial. Someare, but others are not. Binomial nomenclature was in the air, and to writers after 1758 I have generally given the benefit of the doubt. I did not pretend that Schulze used Hncrinus with any trivial name attached, but I took the generic name alone, and as there was never any doubt to what it referred, it still seems to me as well established as, say, Isocrinus Agassiz, 1836, or Metacrinus Carpenter, 1882, both of them introduced in a similar manner (7. e. the names quoted from others), but without any described or figured species by which their far less complete or even less correct diagnoses could be interpreted. Except on the purely pedantic and arbitrary criterion of a consistent use of binomial nomenclature, Encrinus Schulze certainly has the advantage. But, after all, nothing will ultimately be gained by blinking facts or seeking to escape from rules. Suppose we give u Schulze and face the consequences, of which Mr. Clark only shows us a few, but which, as Mr. Springer points out, are common Crinoid Names. 41 many and disastrous whatever other solution we attempt. Then, much as I admire the learned argument and legal skill with which Mr. Springer invokes the doctrine of prescription, I consider that there is a danger in the introduction of such a principle as lapse of time. Who is to decide what period shall be set? And in such a case as the present it might be urged that the use of Encrinus from Blumenbach to Lamarck should be weighed against the subsequent use from the days of J. S. Miller. When once rational argument is admitted to such a dispute the controversy may go on for ever. The simplest solution of the gordian knot was given once for all by Alexander. Let us dare on occasion to be no less arbitrary. But it will never do for each to act according to his own idea of what is “common sense,” if only because sense in these matters never is common to all. The only possible alternative to strict following of rules is that zoologists should agree to accept as final the decision of some authority by them appointed. ‘I'he vehicle for such authority already exists in the Nomenclature Committee of the Inter- national Zoological Congress, the only body that has any claim to represent either all branches of zoology or all nationalities. If I may indicate a convenient form of procedure, I would suggest that those zoologists who wish to protect certain names should lay the complete facts of the case before the Committee, and should accompany their request for the retention of certain definite names in defiance of the Rules by the signa- tures of as many workers on the group affected as they can obtain. Due announcement of the proposed step should be made in certain widely circulated SN ng and a reasonable time should be allowed for the reception of protests. The Committee should ultimately give its decision, and this decision should be published in the aforesaid journals, A summary of the labours of the Committee in this direction would of course be given from time to time in the publications of the International Zoological Congress. Some of my zoological colleagues appear to mistrust the Nomenclature Committee of the International Congress. Should their opinion be widely shared, it might prove that zoologists at large would not agree beforehand to submit to the ruling of that Committee. As an alternative body, the International Congress of Academies may be suggested. This at present does not appear to number among its repre- sentatives many zoologists familiar with the problems of nomenclature, but it could no doubt appoint a committee with the necessary qualifications. 42 Mr. R. Kirkpatrick on The precise style or mode of appointment of the desired authority does not greatly matter if only zoologists will agree to accept it. But that it should consist of experts will doubt- less be conceded. The ruling may be arbitrary, but it must none the less be made with knowledge of all the circum- stances of the case and of the results that will follow from it. Tt must be clearly understood that the decision is to be made, not because it is in accordance with the rules, but because it is to produce practical convenience. There is nothing particularly novel in these proposals. A similar one was made in ‘ Natural Science’ for April and May 1896 (pp. 218-220, 302), but though “regarded with favour in various influential quarters,” nothing has yet been done to give it effect. And even the recent discussion at the British Association, though unanimous in its resolutions, has so far been barren inits results. The next steps appear to be, first to find out whether a sufficient number of leading zoolo- gists are in favour of these proposals, the next to approach whichever of the two bodies mentioned may be agreed upon, with a request that it will undertake this added responsibility. This would be better done by some society or some group of naturalists than by a single worker known only to a few. Perhaps the British Association would appoint a small committee to collect opinions and formulate the request. P,S.—To prevent misconception, it may be added that this paper was written before the receipt of Mr. Springer’s widely distributed appeal. He, however, deals only with a particular question, capable, as I have here shown, of various answers, My object is to press for a solution of the general question. V.—WNotes on Merlia normani, Kirkp. By R. Kirkpatrick. Pror. WELTNER, to whom I had sent, at his request, some specimens of Merlia normani which I had dredged up off Porto Santo Island, has recently published a notice * entitled “Yst Merlia normani Kirkp. ein Schwamm?” The pressure of other work prevents me from giving here a full description of Merlia adequately illustrated; nor am I yet able to answer the question “‘ What is Merlia? ’’—this inability partly being due, 1 think I may fairly say, to the * Archiv fur Naturg. 75 Jahrg, 1 Bd., 1 Heft, 1909, p. 139. Merlia normani, Kirkp. 43 nature of the organism itself; but, nevertheless, I beg to offer a few preliminary observations on the subject. Towards the end of last year, Canon Norman sent me four little dried incrusting Polyzoa-like specimens which had been detached from a small mass of rock hooked up by a fisherman from 60 fathoms off Porto Santo Island. ‘The specimens were covered with a yellow pellicle showing little conical prominences. Below the pellicle was a white reticulate pattern with small sety sonal meshes, and with little tubercles rising from the nodes of the network; a few larger meshes present appeared to have resulted from fusion of two smaller ones. A vertical section revealed a series of vertical tubes divided up by horizontal perforate partitions, the vertical walls being imperforate, but having longitudinal sutures. A surface view in balsam showed three flanges radiating out from below each tubercle to meet similar ones trom neighbouring tubercles, a suture separating the opposing flanges ; further, I found what seemed to me to be a tuning-fork spicule with parallel tuberculated prongs (and therefore unlike a boring Achlya) imbedded in one of the tabule (Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) ii. 1908, pl. xv. figs. 13, 14, 18). In the uppermost “ cells” of this calcareous framework were bundles of very slender tylote spicules and rhaphide-like oxeas. When acid was applied to the small scrap that could be spared, either these spicules were not included in the particle used for investigation, or they were washed away. I con- cluded * that the honeycomb structure had been made by a sponge; and my opinion was strengthened later when I came across a wonderful— and indubitable—Pharetron sponge with a dermal armour composed of large thick calcareous plates or scales with tuning-fork spicules imbedded in them. Partly in the hope of getting living specimens of Merlia, 1 decided to ME a winter vacation in Madeira and the neighbourhood. In January, accompanied by Senhor A. C. de Noronha, I visited Porto Santo Island. After dredging for nine days we succeeding in finding specimens of Merlia in 60 fathoms off the islet of Cima, near Porto Santo. The living specimens were always in the form of little patches or crusts, about a centimetre, more or less, in area, and of a bright vermilion colour. ‘The crust was quite smooth at first, and nothing else was seen but the smooth bright patch of colour ; but very soon the surface sank a little, nd the tubercles and white network of the calcareous frame- * Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist, (8) ii. 1908, p. 510. 44 Mr. R. Kirkpatrick on work became visible. On breaking a crust, the appearance presented was that of little square blocks of reddish-orange jelly in white porcelain-like “ cells ’’ or pots superposed one above the other, in from two to six storeys. On examining the first thin sections made from a specimen decalcified by dropping alive into Flemming’s solution, I realized that Merlia included siliceous as well as calcareous elements in its composition, A specimen decalcified whole presents a curious appearance, viz., of numerous closely packed but separate moniliform cylinders, about a millimetre or more in length, hanging down from a flat lamina. The lamina and the bulk of the layer of beads in the plane just below it compose the ectosome and choanosome of a siliceous sponge. All below the first layer is composed of hollow cylindrical cell-masses separated by very deep constrictions, and joined each to each merely by a narrow thread of tissue which had passed through the central hole, which is often, though not always, present in each tabula. The cells com- posing these masses are large, elongated, usually pyriform or fusiform cells applied like an epithelium, two or three cells deep, to the surface of the cavities of the calcareous honey- comb. A measured cell was 41 yw long, 10 w broad at the inner end, and 3°5 uw broad at the outer end next the calcareous wall ; the clear nucleus was 3°5 uw in diameter, and almost concealed by the crowd of deeply stained spheroidal granules each about 1 win diameter. Above, it was stated that the bulk of the uppermost layer of “beads” was composed of ordinary sponge- tissue ; at the base of each of these upper beads is a layer of the large elongated cells, which rested on the upper surface of the highest tabula. , A surface view of a decalcified specimen shows, below the ectosome, node-like masses of soft tissue joined to each other by 5-7 radiating spokes; the nodes are the sponge- masses which dip into the upper spaces of the honeycomb, and the radii consist mainly of flagellated chambers lying between the surface-tubercles of the calcareous framework, the clear spaces between the radii being the gaps left by the dissolved tubercles. ‘lo what extent other tissues enter into the formation of the radii I have not yet discovered; but, in places, there can be seen, below the flagellated chambers, fusiform cells apparently in continuity with the cells on the surface of the uppermost tabule. These large granular cells appear to be calicoblasts formed in situ, and not to be sponge “ archzocytes” which have grown down into empty cavities—even to the fifth floor—of the calcareous honeycomb. The term “ calicoblast ” is here Merlia normani, Kirkp. 45 used simply in a wide etymological sense, as a cell concerned either immediately or remotely in the formation of a calcareous skeleton. In May I paid another short visit to Madeira and Porto Santo in the rat? of finding larger specimens, and possibly some in reproduction. At Madeira, I saw, in the Seminario Museum, a dried specimen of an old and dead Dendrophyllia with a very large crust of Mer/ia upon it. ‘The specimen had only recently been hooked up by a fisherman from 90 fathoms off Cape Garajau. On one portion of the crust were a few shallow circular depressions, about 450 w in diameter and 150 pw deep, sacle among the ordinary meshes, which were only 180-200 w in diameter, both kinds being barely visible to the naked eye. On the walls and floors of these larger meshes were 4 to 6 slightly developed radiating ridges ; in fact, they presented some resemblance to extremely minute coral calices. Judging from the appearance and relations of the walls and ridges, these “ calices ”’ appear to have resulted from the fusion of several smaller meshes; at the bottom of some of them were sponge-spicules. ‘These larger meshes may possibly not have any great significance, and be the result of extraneous i: fluences, for there were numerous worm- tubes appearing level with the surface, and the presence of these might locally affect the growth of the vertical tubes in various ways. Senhor Noronha and I took with us to C. Garajau the man who got the large specimen, but we were not successful in obtaining other examples. I spent three days at Porto Santo, and, just as I was leaving, a fisherman brought me a block of basalt hooked up from 90 fathoms, encrusted with a large patch of Merlia about 25 cm. in area; but unfortunately the specimen was dry, and | had no time to visit the spot whence it was obtained. Prof. Weltner (/.c. supra) states that the calcareous frame- work reminds him of a stony coral. I, too, was struck with the resemblance of Merlia to a coral when I saw the specimen in the Seminario Museum. Recent corals with tabule are found in three widely ‘separate groups of corals, viz. Milleporide, Pocilloporide facil vara: feislonare’, and Helioporide. The structure of Merlia resembles, in some respects, that of a Coenothecalian coral. The flanges, with fibrillar struc- ture, radiating out to meet opposing flanges, from which they are separated by a suture, recall what is found in /Zeliopora. It the larger meshes of the Seminario specimen are really coral calices, the ordinary meshes would be ccenenchymal 46 Mr. R. Kirkpatrick on tubules, and the masses of cells filling them would probably be ectodermal downgrowths as in /Teliopora (G. C. Bourne, Phil. Trans. 1905, vol. 186 B, p. 455). But these are large assumptions to make, seeing that neither thread-cells nor zooids have yet been found. Canon Norman has sent me a valuable reference to a paper by H. A. Nicholson and A. H. Foord, “ On a new Genus of Devonian Corals,” in Ann & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1886, (5) xvii. ; pl. xvi. fig. 5 shows a tangential section of Rhaphidopora ( Cheetetes) stromatoporoides (Roemer), from the Middle Devo- nian of Gerolstein in the Hifel. The figure shows a polygonal reticulation with tubercles at the nodes and with tabule perforated at the centre and marked with radial sutural lines (cf. my figure, 2. ¢. pl. xv. fig. 13‘. Some figures of Monti- culipora also, in Nicholson’s ‘ Paleozoic Corals,’ notably pl. i. fig. 1, of MZ. moniliformis, show marked resemblances to Merlia. he walls of the tubules in Merlia are unilaminate, however, and neighbouring tubules have a single common wall (as in the Cheetetide). Prof. Weltner mentions in his paper that possibly the siliceous sponge is a “ Raumparasit” on the calcareous structure and that the sponge might be found separate. At present I am doubtful as to the real significance of the association of these two elements in Merlia, and it would be premature to express a definite opinion. I think, however, that the association is by no means an accidental one. I lave found the two together, with one unimportant exception, in all the material examined, 7. e. in over one hundred speci- mens. In an extremely small and young specimen, forming a little red spot about a millimtere in area, the young and very slender calcareous meshes are covered over by the young sponge. ‘lhe calcareous partner grows by the spreading of a thin basal expansion, and slender ridges extend along this floor from the nodes of the already-formed meshes, and meet so as to form the youngest meshes, which are at first incom- plete polygons. The exception referred to above was that of an old crust of Merlia, dead and washed out, so that sponge- pellicle and spicules, which had very probably been present, had disappeared. I was surprised at not finding more specimens in this condition. I have examined numerous other sponge incrustations, especially red ones, but have not yet found by itself the siliceous partner of Merlia. The sponge on the surface of Merlia has a tough semi- transparent ectosome. I failed to detect oscules or ostia in Merlia normani, Kirkp. 47 living examples, but found surface-openings in a specimen which had been dropped alive into Flemming’s solution. The canal-system somewhat resembles that of Oscarella, the flagellated chambers being oval and 33 x 20 yu. The skeleton is in the form of more or less isolated bundles of slender tyles and rhaphides, ‘There is always at least one more or less vertical bundle in each node of sponge-tissue ; sometimes several bundles form almost a floor on which the flagellated chambers rest, ‘There are no special ectosomal spicules ; microrhaphides which were originally described as tly ectosomal are the ends of rhaphides which had been roken by the contraction of the sponge in drying. The microscleres are very remarkable, being in the form of oval rings 45 w long, 30 w broad, and 3 yw thick at the rim, with a keyhole sinus on the inner margin at each end of the long axis; in some a web-like expansion extends in from each lateral margin. : I had at first thought that the siliceous sponge was a Clavulid, but a suggestion made to me by Canon Norman that the oval rings might be of a similar nature to the spherancore of Melonanchora is nearer the mark. For at the edge of a very young specimen I have found develop- mental phases of the rings in the form of contorted C-shaped bodies with the free ends crossing each other. From the fact that there is a knob on each side of one of the free ends, I conclude that these spicules are related to anisanchorate forms, rather than to sigmas and diancistra (see Lundbeck, Danish Ingolf Exp., Porifera, ii. p. 211); the keyhole sinuses, however, call to mind the notches in the diancistra of Hlamacantha, The axial canal is near the thick outer rim of the spicule. Sometimes six or seven rings follow one another in succession at short intervals and parallel—hence the specific name “ scalariformis” given below. Possibly one of the functions of these spicules is to keep open the smaller canaliculi and lacune in this highly cpudeeaetils sponge. It is here assumed that the siliceous sponge on the surface of Merlia is an entity distinct from the calcareous framework. The sponge in question is placed in a new genus, to which I propose to give the name “ Noronha,” in honour of the distinguished Madeiran naturalist Senhor A. C. de Noronha, who treated me with never-failing kindness during my stay at Madeira and Porto Santo. NORONHA, gen. nov. Desmacidonide with a skeleton formed of more or less 48 Mr. R. E. Drake-Brockman on new Species separate bundles of tyles and rhaphides. Microscleres in form of oval rings. Noronha scalariformis, sp. n. Sponge incrusting. Tyles nearly straight, slender, 140 wu long, 1°8 w thick; heads oval, 5x2 wy. Rhaphides 80 uw long, very slender, tapering to hair-like extremities, straight, or curved at one end. Microscleres, oval rings about 45 pw long, 30 « broad, 3 w thick, with keyhole sinus on inner margin at each end of long axis. The definition of Merlia itself must be emended in a future paper. VI.—On a new Species and a new Subspecies of the Genus Madoqua and a new Subspecies of the Genus Rhynchotragus. By R. E. DrAKke-BROCKMAN. HAvinG just completed an interesting journey along the western limit of the Somali country and through Abyssinia, [ am able, by the help of my own collections and the material in the British Museum of Natural History, to throw a little more light on the distribution and local variations of several of the members of the genera Madoqua and Rhynchotragus. Passing from north to south through Somaliland and Eastern Abyssinia, we have as the most northerly species M. saltiana and a new species of Madoqua which I have described below as M. cordeauzi. South of these we soon come upon M. phillipsi, with its westerly subspecies M. phillips: harar- ensis and the easterly or coast representative M. phillipst gubanensis. Still farther south of the phillips: group we find M. erlan- gert in Ennia Galla, together with a new subspecies of Rhynchotragus, It. qguentheri wroughtont. As one travels south along the river Web, M. swaynei is ubiquitous until the junction of the rivers Ganale and Dawa, when J. guentheri takes its place, and continues westward towards L. Rudolf and L. Stephanie, where it is replaced by R. guenthert smithit and R. cavendishi, the largest of this genus. Travelling in a south-easterly direction from the junction of the rivers Ganale and Dawa at Dolo, we meet near the coast FR. kirkii, the most southerly representative of the Somali dik-diks. and Subspecies of Madoqua and Rhynchotragus. 49 (a) Madoqua phillipsi gubanensis, subsp. n. This dik-dik is the coast or maritime representative of M. phillips’. It is paler than M. phillipsi and the grizzling of the back extends on to the shoulders, sides, and hind- quarters. The underlying colour on the shoulders and hind- quarters, which is invaded by the grey grizzling, is pale cinnamon. Down the centre of the back the grey grizzle is suffused with reddish fawn. Hab. I obtained three specimens (skins, without head- skins) of this dik-dik on Guban, near the foot-hills of the Golis range of mountains, and I propose to name it M. phillipst gubanensis. Type. Skin only (without head-skin) of adult g¢ from Golis foot-hills, 35 miles south of Berbera. B.M. no. 9. 6. 1. 52. (b) Madoqua cordeauxi, sp. n. Very much larger than any of the Somali Madogue, but smaller than M. sa/tiana. Rather dark grey grizzling ex- tending on to the shoulders, sides, and hind-quarters, the whole of the back being suffused with reddish fawn. The chest rather reddish buff, which extends only a short way on to the throat, unlike AZ. phillips?, in which the chest-colour extends more or less the whole length of the underpart of the neck, The legs are similar in colour to those of M. phillipsi, but get distinctly darker towards the shoulders and haunches. The crest is dull rufous, with the fore crest somewhat grizzled with yellow, rufous, and black. Measurements in the flesh :-— Head and body 572 mm.; tail, with terminal hairs, 38; height at shoulder 330. Weight 6 lbs. Sex: male. Hab. Dirre Dawa, Abyssinia. Altitude 3500 feet. July 23rd, 1908. Two other specimens were obtained in the same locality by me, and I have taken B.M. no, 9. 6. 1. 50 as the type. For this species I have much pleasure in proposing the name Madogua cordeauxi, in honour of Capt. H. E. 5. Cordeaux, O.B., C.M.G., H.M. Commissioner for the Somaliland Protectorate, whose interest in the fauna of Somaliland is well known. Ann. & Mag. N. Hist. Ser, 8. 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Very similar in size to 2. guentheri, but markedly different in colouring. General colour dark yellowish grizzle, which fades but slightly as it extends on to shoulders, sides, and haunches. The grizzling ends abruptly underneath, where the chest and abdomen are pure white, unlike 2. guentheri, in which the yellow grizaling fades somewhat gradually into the pale pinkish buff of the chest and abdomen. ‘The crest is rather darker, as also are the muzzle and the legs, than in 2, guen- theri, while the ears are longer and broader than in any other except 22. cavendishi. At first sight it looks not unlike R. cavendishi, but the skull-measurements soon separate the two. For skull-measurements wide Table. Hab. Foot-hills of Mt. Abul Kassim, Wabi River, Galla- land, Abyssinia, within 20 miles west of Sheikh Hussein. Altitude 3500 feet. Type. Adult male. Shot Oct. 21st, 1908. B.M. no. 9. 6. 1. 39. For this subspecies I propose the name Rhynchotragus — wroughtoni, in honour of my friend Mr. R. C. roughton. V1l.—Descriptions of new Genera and Species of New- Zealand Coleoptera. By Major T. Broun, F.E.S. (Continued from yol. iii. p. 415.) OrloRHYNCHID2, Areoscapus ardens, i inf ta. estriatus. oon adueallip Bradypate dilaticollis. — letificus. interstitialis, Proboscoccelus sculpturatus, UW - Drymaria cilipes. : YLOBUDS. — Lyperobates virilis, Stilboderma impressipennis, ygrochus granifer. Athor arcifera, Thesius inophleoides, Catoptes limbatus. CYLINDRORHINID®. Sargon hudsoni. Ru#YPAROSOMID. Phrynixus bicarinellus. ERtruinip®, ventralis. Frirhinus insignis. Amphiskirra umbricola. —— insolitus. 4* 52 Major T. Broun on new Genera and Erirhinus spadiceus. CossonID.&. castigatus. Pentarthrum dubitans. Eugnomus antennalis. planicolle.’ St ‘ppeenoee lat Rhinanisus gracilis. ‘ Stephanorhynchus osculator. elongatus. SS subconvexus. h suturalis. fe BrELID». Pachyura venusta, CrRAMBYCID. violacea. /&mona sublineata. CrYPTORHYNCHIDE. ; : LAMIID®. Aphoceelis versicolor. S He ; Psepholax denticostatus. omatidia websteriana. Zeacalles lepidulus. heterarthra, Hatasu dorsale. testacea. Clypeolus cineraceus. sericophora. Acalles fuscidorsis. —— lineifera. ioneus. Hybolasius varipes. —— altus. albistrigalis. EvuMOLPID2. F—-_-, PERS ROEUE. Eucolaspis plicatus. robustus. Atrichatus nitidulus. flavisetosus. Sympedius rectirostris. Oavarnceonaanree Omeeacalles perspicuus. NE tA Se Torilus griseicollis. Arnomus viridicollis. Onias latisulcatus. signatus. ornatus. Mesoreda sulcifrons. GALERUCIDZ&. Kentraulax, gen. nov. Luperus ancularius. Getacalles favosus. P 1, Beeorhynchodes cristatus. | re axyrocharis. ANTHRIBIDZ. palialis. Anthribus lewisi. —— asperellus. —— philpotti. Group Otiorhynchide. Niceana infuscata, sp. n. Elongate, subovate, opaque, piceous ; densely covered with depressed small round scales, pale chocolate and greyish, those of the former colour covering most of the dorsum, but intermingled with a few grey ones, which latter are most numerous near the sides and posterior declivity ; the sete are moderately slender and greyish principally; antennz pale ferruginous, finely setose; legs fusco-testaceous, bearing greyish sete. ; Head and rostrum about a third shorter than thorax, the Species of New-Zealand Coleoptera. 5S squame and sete greyish. Thorax nearly as long as broad, widest before the middle, apparently closely punctate. Scutellum small. Elytra elongate-obovate, slightly arcuate and hardly wider than thorax at the base, striate-punctate. Tibie a little flexuous, mucronate at the inner extremity. Tarsi moderately broad, their third joint dilated and lobed, claws small. Antenne robust; the scape gradually incrassate and attaining the front of thorax; funiculus longer than scape, basal joint stouter but hardly longer than second, neither elongated, 3-7 obconical; club oblong-oval, triarticulate. Eyes scarcely free from thorax, widely distant above, flat, longitudinally oval rather than rotundate. Scrobes fovei- form, subapical, situated almost on the upper surface. Posterior corbels simple, without any external truncature. Distinguishable by the infuscate dorsum. Length (rostr. incl.) 1{; breadth ¢ line. Hanmer, Canterbury. One from Mr. J. H. Lewis. Inophleus quadricollis, sp. a. Ovate-oblong, opaque, densely covered with depressed, small, coppery squamz, and with numerous decumbent squamiform sete of a somewhat testaceous hue; antenne and tarsi dark ferruginous. Rostrum almost as long as thorax, with two broad longi- tudinal grooves separated by a well-defined carina. Thorax quadrate, slightly narrowed but not rounded in front; its dorsal furrow is broad and distinct throughout, between it aud each side there is another broader, less regular, and more shallow impression, its close punctuation is quite concealed. Scutellum small. Elytra suboblong, nearly vertical and attenuate behind, shoulders oblique, so that the base barely exceeds that of the thorax ; suture slightly elevated from the base to halfway down the declivity ; third inter- stices distinctly elevated at the base, but flat behind the middle; the fifth very gradually raised backwards and termi- nating at the sides, on the summit of the posterior declivity, as large horizontal prominences ; there is a similar protube- rance in line with each of the third, but situated further back ; the apices are obtusely produced singly; there are four series of punctures on each elytron, rather unequal in size, none approximated ; the sides are inflexed and bear three series of punctures. The scape attains the back of theeye. Funicu/us sparingly 54 Major T. Broun on new Genera and pilose, basal two joints almost equally elongate, 3-7 elongate- obeonical. Club very elongate, rather narrow, triarticulate. Ocular lobes well developed. Eyes oblique, somewhat acuminate in front. TJibie flexuous, corbels of the posterior rather flat, but without any external truncature. I. sternalis most nearly resembles this species, but the rostrum has a more sharply defined carina; the thorax is broader and more rounded near the front and appears more, though but slightly, narrowed towards the base; the poste- rior elytral prominences are more sharply defined, and there is tawny squamosity near the sides and behind ; the apices are more prolonged, and joints 3-6 of the funiculus are almost oviform. The hind body is narrower. The corbels of the hind tibie have a very narrow external truncature. Length (rost. incl.) 5; breadth 2 lines. Invercargill. One specimen from Mr. A. Philpott. Inophleus letificus, sp. n. Elongate, subdepressed, rufo-piceous, densely covered with round flattened scales of a reddish coppery hue, and with a few depressed but not coarse sete; tip of rostrum and antenne dark rufous ; Jegs and tarsi rufo-piceous. Rostrum slightly sborter than thorax, not obviously grooved, with a sharply defined central carina. Scape sub- clavate at apex, attaining the back of theeye. Fuwniculus with equally elongate basal two joints, 3-7 elongate-obconical, Club very elongate, opaque, and pubescent. Head mode- rately convex, with a linear impression along the vertex. Thorax only one-tenth broader than long, slightly broader near the front than elsewhere, a little obliquely narrowed in front, gradually and slightly narrowed behind, its median groove broad and distinct ; near each side in front. there is a broad oblique impression, its punctuation hidden; the greyish sete are most numerous near the sides. Scutellum small, covered with yellowish scales. Elytra rather narrow, parallel-sided from the shoulders backwards, much narrowed behind, apices not prolonged but individually rounded; humeral angles oblique, their base not wider than that of the thorax ; dorsum plane, but with a slight basal elevation of the third interstices ; the fifth imterstices gradually elevated backwards and appearing to limit the disk at the sides, they end abruptly and form obvious horizontal prominences ; there are two more prominences nearer the suture, directed backwards on top of the hind declivity, which, as well as the Spectes of New-Zealand Coleoptera. 55 sides, bear some tawny squame; each elytron has four regular series of discoidal punctures, two series between the filth interstice and lateral margin and three along the inflexed side. Femora medially dilated, with a patch of yellow scales underneath ; tibiz flexuous and bearing erect yellowish sete, the posterior corbels with a very narrow outer truncature. This species, though very much like the preceding J. guadri- collis and J. sternalis, may be identified by the narrower subparallel contour, more glossy and brightly coloured squamosity, and by the flatter disk and more definite sculp- ture of the elytra. The suboviform joints of the funiculus differentiate J. sternalis. Length (rost. incl.) 44; breadth 1¢ line. Southland. This is another fine weevil from Mr. A. Philpott’s collection. Proposcoce.vus, gen. nov, Body moderately elongate and convex, sparsely pilose, a little nitid. Rostrum about as long as thorax, widely dilated or ptery- giate in front, rather densely and finely setose underneath. Scrobes subapical, profound, foveiform, quite open and exposed above. Head short, as broad behind as front of thorax, narrowed anteriorly to width of rostrum. Lyes minute, quite lateral, distant from thorax, obliquely trans- versely oval, a little acuminate below. Antenne robust and long ; scape thick, setose, reaching backwards to base of thorax ; funiculus 7-articulate, basal joint hardly twice as long as broad, joints 2-7 short and about equal; club stout, subrotundate, articulate. Thorar somewhat oviform, rather longer than broad, base and apex truncate, without distinct ocular lobes. Scutellum minute. Elytra slightly wider than thorax at base. Legs stout; tibiz minutely bicalcarate at the extremity. Tarsi moderate, penultimate joint deeply bilobed but hardly at all dilated, densely and finely setose underneath. Anterior core prominent, contiguous, placed near the base of prosternum, which is deeply incurved in front ; intermediate coxe only slightly, the posterior very widely separated. Melasternumnotabbreviated. Abdomen elongate, basal segment strongly curvate between the cox, second about as long as first, the froutal suture strongly sinuate, 56 Major T’. Broun on new Genera and third and fourth short, with straight deep sutures. The corbels of the posterior tibiz are without any external trun- cature, but are finely ciliate. A rather singular genus as regards appearance and struc- ture, yet most nearly related to such generaas Trachyphleus and Aporolobus. From the latter it may be at once distin- guished by the approximated anterior coxz, and from the former by the shining surface, cavernous scrobes, &c. Proboscocelus sculpturatus, sp. n. Rufo-castaneous or ferrugineous ; thorax more rufescent than the elytra, these latter with two, sometimes three, piceous marks across them; tarsi and antennal club fulves- cent; sparingly clothed with short, rather fine, suberect yellowish sete. Rostrum grooved along the middle, with a very slender carina along each side of that groove, without any triangular clypeal suture, rounded at the apex. Thorav slightly wider before the middle than it is elsewhere ; its surface relatively coarsely and closely punctured. Elytra moderately coarsely striate-punctate, second and third interstices slightly raised behind. Underside slightly nitid, pitchy red, distinctly punctate, with fine depressed yellowish sete. Mandibular scar minute, as are also the parts of the mouth. Length (rost. incl.) 13-14; breadth nearly } line. Canterbury College Botanical Station, at the junction of the Waimakariri and Broken River. Three specimens of this interesting little weevil, found amongst decaying leaves on the ground, by Mr. J. H. Lewis. DryMaRIA, gen. noy. Body elongate, moderately convex, subopaque, finely and sparingly setose. Rostrum stout, almost equalling the thorax in length, not pterygiate, nearly quite cylindric. Scrodes foveiform near the apex, visible from above, prolonged backwards as broad grooves to the eyes. Mandibular scar minute. Eyes quite minute, with coarse facets, situated at the sides at the base of the rostrum, yet perceptible above. Head as wide as front of thorax, narrowed in front, globular below. Antenne loug and stout; scape with outstanding sete, nearly attaining apex of thorax ; funiculus 7-articulate, second joint almost Species of New-Zealand Coleoptera. 57 as long as first, 3-7 transverse; club short, subrotundate, indistinctly articulated. Thorax subcylindrical, without ocular lobes, base and apex truncate. Scufél/um absent. Elytra oblong, their shoulders narrowed so as to be but little wider than thorax at the base. Legs moderately elon- gate ; anterior tibie only slightly mucronate at the inner extremity. Tarsi with slender grey hairs underneath, third articulation deeply lobed but not expanded, the minute atrophied joint visible between the lobes; terminal joint almost quite the length of the preceding three conjointly. Prosternum subtruncate in front. Anterior cove promi- nent and contiguous, situated near the base of the pro- sternum; middle coxe distinctly, the hind pair widely, separated. Metasternum short, with a deep transverse groove before the hind coxw. Adbdomen elongate, basal two seg- ments connate, without any evident suture, having a short groove at each side only, both broadly impressed ; third and fourth segments well developed, not much abbreviated, with very deep straight sutures. This genus without doubt belongs to the same series as Protolobus, Trachyphieus, and their allies so far as antennal structure and habits are concerned, but, with the exception of the undilated apical portion of the rostrum, it more nearly approaches the preceding genus Prolboscocalus. From Protolobus it is clearly differentiated by the form of the scrobes, absence of ocular lobes, &c., and from Aporolobus by the unexpanded penultimate joint of the tarsi. Drymaria cilipes, sp. n. Castaneous, dark or pale; rostrum, antenne, and tarsi reddish. Rostrum not smooth, but without well-marked sculpture ; it bears some fine yellowish sete. Scape thick, with obvious erect sete; funiculus finely pilose; club finely pubescent. Head convex, nearly smooth, but finely transversely strigose. Thorax about a third longer than broad, a little wider before the middle than elsewhere, slightly and gradually narrowed behind, its surface subrugose, with coarse irregular punc- tures. Elytra coarsely striate-punctate, four series on each elytron, the lateral punctuation more irregular ; the inter- stices appear a little uneven, owing to the set. Anterior tibie fringed along the inner edge with fine yellow set, the external sete outstanding and rather coarse. Underside coarsely punctate, a little shining, with short 58 Major T. Broun on new Genera and sete ; basal ventral segments piceous, distinctly but less coarsely punctate, 3-5 reddish, nearly quite smooth. Length (rost. incl.) 13; breadth nearly $ line. Broken River (Mr. J. H. Lewis). Three examples found amongst fallen leaves in the bush. Lyperobates virilis, sp. n. Subopaque; small chocolate-brown squame almost entirely cover the body ; tarsi and antenne piceo-rufous ; club dull, with very minute greyish pubescence ; scutellum yellow. Rostrum with two broad shallow impressions extending from the eyes almost to the glabrous apex, but becoming indistinct apically ; it is covered with depressed somewhat rufescent scales. Thorax about as long as broad, widest and obtusely prominent at each side, just before the middle ; there is a broad almost rounded impression near each front angle in front; at the middle are two more elongate im- pressions, bordered by slight ridges; behind the middle there is a broader and shorter elevation with an impression on either side of it; these are nearly continuous with the frontal ones. Elytra of the same width as thorax at the base, the shoulders obliquely widened till reaching an obtuse lateral prominence just behind the middle thighs; the sides are then widely incurved, but are again dilated posteriorly, where the hinder part of the disk projects horizontally over the apical declivity ; there are four small nodosities near the middle of the disk, two (more prominent). at the base, and two smaller ones near each side in line with the intermediate and posterior femora ; they are indistinctly striate-punctate. Differs from L. asper (2534) in coloration, in having much less rough-looking elytra, which, moreover, are of a different outline, it lacks the more distinctly defined ridge along the middle of the thorax, and the rostrum is slightly longer and differently sculptured. Length (rost. incl.) 4; breadth 1} lines. Mount Pirongia. One in my own collection. Hygrochus granifer, sp. n. Subopaque, piceous ; antennze and tarsi fusco-rufous, these latter and the funiculus shining; covered with slender, de- pressed, fuscous and coppery squamz, and with some pallid or greyish sete which are somewhat concentrated on the posterior nodosities. Species of New-Zealand Coleoptera. 59 Rostrum one-third shorter than thorax, indistinctly medially ridged, broadly biimpressed near the base. Scrobes oblique, deep and broad from the apex to behind the middle, squamose behind. Head short, not much broader than the rostrum. Eyes very prominent, obliquely oviform, quite lateral, just free from the thorax. Club large, ovate, subacuminate, indistinctly quadriarticulate, densely pubescent. Thorax of equal length and breadth, widest and obtusely prominent before the middle, base and apex truncate; disk a little uneven, having an impression near each front angle and another at each side of the middle in front ; there is no definite punctuation, but there are several small shining black granules. Elytra subcordate, slightly obtusely promi- nent and widest behind the oblique shoulders; the base, however, hardly exceeds that of the thorax in width, their apical portion much narrowed ; they are slightly uneven, with indistinct, coarse, more or less seriate punctures; there are two small obtuse basal elevations and four on top of the posterior declivity, those on the disk (about four on each elytron) are less definite ; at the suture near the base there are several small black shining granules. H. oculatus is most like this species, but has a longer and more cylindrical thorax, with a more definite continuous median ridge. In H. oscitans and H. verrucosus the two broad rostral grooves are separated by a well-marked carina extending from the apex to the eyes. In this genus there are no ocular lobes or any distinct exterior truncature of the posterior corbels. The meta- sternum is very short, not being longer than the middle of the second ventral segment. Length (rost. incl.) 2%; breadth 1} line. Mount Pirongia, One example in my own collection. TueEsivs, gen. nov. Body suboblong, squamose. Rostrum as long as thorax, nearly as broad as the head. Scrobes subapical, not prolonged towards the eyes. Scape attaining front of thorax. Funiculus elongate, 7-articulate. Eyes distant from thorax and each other, small, longitu- dinally oval, subtruncate below. Thorax subquadrate, without ocular lobes. Anterior tiie flexuous, mucronate ; posterior corbels with double cilie, the truncate surface narrow. Prosternum moderately incurved infront. Anterior 60 Major ‘I’. Broun on new Genera and cove contiguous. Metasternum short. Mandibular scar present. The typical specimen partakes of the structure of Platyo- mida and Inophleus, but cannot be located in either of these genera. Thesius inophleoides, sp. n. Opaque, fuscous, densely covered with small, depressed, obscure squame intermingled with paler and brighter thick sete ; antenne and tarsi ferrugineous. Rostrum with a central but not sharply defined ridge. Thorax widest before the middle, distinctly narrowed ante- riorly, truncate at apex, base slightly curvate; disk very uneven, with a basal and three frontal depressions and inter- vening elevations, all more or less irregular, its punctuation concealed. Scutellum small. Elytra oblong, much nar- rowed and declivous behind, distinctly wider than thorax at the base, their sides not quite straight, the shoulders being a little oblique and prominent; there are also two small nodiform prominences just behind the posterior femora; disk slightly transversely convex; there are two longitudinal basal elevations and a series of four nodosities on the summit of the posterior declivity, which is not at all flattened, being obtusely ridged along the suture; the dorsum is slightly uneven, with small inequalities, but the covering obscures all other sculpture, though some coarse irregular punctures are visible. Scape dull, with some outstanding sete, very gradually thickened, but not clavate, towards the extremity. Funiculus shining, finely and sparingly setose, second joint as long as the elongate basal one ; 4-7 obconical, gradually decreasing in length, none -elongate; club very elongate, oval, tri- articulate. Underside fuscous, with fine greyish-testaceous vestiture. Length (rost. incl.) 34; breadth 13 line. Broken River. One. Mr. J. H. Lewis has proved that hitherto our knowledge of the Coleopterous fauna of that district had been very meagre indeed. Catoptes liimbatus, sp. nu. Suboblong, opaque, fuscous ; antennze and tarsi reddish ; squamosity dense, fine, and variegate ; thoracic disk fuscous, the sides tawny grey; on each elytron from the base to top . Spectes of New-Zealand Coleoptera. 61 of hind declivity the squame are chocolate-brown, those on the suture, however, are paler along their sides, and on the apices the colour is similar to that of the sides of the thorax ; there are also some greyish setze on some parts. Rostrum about as long as thorax, slightly pterygiate, a little contracted medially, not ridged above, depressed between the antenne, its apex red and _ slightly rugose. The scape attains the front of thorax. Funiculus sparingly pilose, basal two joints of equal length, third slightly longer than fourth, obconical ; joints 4-7 rather short. Thorax of equal length and breadth, moderately convex, widest before the middle, with a distinct central groove. Scutel/um small. Elytra rather wider than thorax at the base, very gradually curvedly narrowed backwards, third and fifth interstices moderately elevated, most prominent at the summit of hind slope, where the greyish sete are somewhat concentrated ; they are moderately striate-punctate. Underside piceous, moderately closely punctate, covered with griseous scales and sete. Prosternum deeply incurved. Basal ventral segment of about the same length as meta- sternum, broadly impressed behind. The ocular lobes are well developed. Scrobes subapical, profound, open above. yes oblique, subacuminate in front. Corbels of posterior tibize not perfectly closed, there being a narrow interval between the inner and outer cilia. The coloration, inter-antennal depression, the well-marked thoracic furrow, the elevated elytral interstices, and structure of the hind tibiz render this species distinct. Length (rost. incl.) 3; breadth 1 line. Otara, Southland (Mr. A. Philpott). Two individuals. Group Rhyparosomida. Phryniaxus bicarinellus, sp. 0. Elongate-ovate, fuscous; rostrum, antenne, and _ tarsi rufescent ; uneven, irregularly clothed with coarse, sponge- like, fusco-testaceous sete, which form several crests. Rostrum rather long, its anterior half nude, finely yet distinctly punctate, with two short yellow sete at its apex ; on the middle from the antennal insertion backwards there are two fine carine separated by a narrow well-marked groove ; basal half squamose, slightly contracted, with a median crest before the eyes. Antenne elongate, sparsely squamose ; scape attains back of eye, it is rather slender, but clavate at the extremity ; basal two joints of funiculus elon- 62 Major T. Broun on new Genera and gate, almost equal, the first the stouter, 3-7 transverse, very slightly and gradually incrassate; club ovate, thickly covered with yellow hairs. Eyes large, but depressed. Thorax about a half longer than broad, narrower in front than at the base, but without any obvious constriction, the disk uneven, with a median basal depression; its sculpture consists of coarse irregular rugosities rather than punctures; there are two distinct crests at the apex. /ytra oviform, rather elongate ; on each shoulder there is an elongate crest, a smaller one between it and the suture, and eight others of irregular form on each elytron; there are no well-marked striz or punc- tures. Legs rough, of normal structure. Underside fuscous, opaque, slightly uneven or asperate, with testaceous squame. Prosternum deeply incurved in front. Metasternum short. Abdomen with five segments, basal two of nearly same length at the sides, their suture not well defined in the middle, 3-5 on an abruptly lower plane, third and fourth very short. Three distinguishing characters will be seen if carefully examined—the two bright yellow sete on the tip of the rostrum, the well-marked groove between the carine, and the rather large depressed eyes. Length (rost. incl.) 3}; breadth 14 line. Otira Gorge. One, found by Mr. J. H. Lewis. Phrynixus ventralis, sp. n. Opaque, nigro-fuscous, covered with testaceous sappy matter; rostrum, antennee, and tarsi somewhat rufescent. Rostrum slightly expanded before the point of antennal insertion, the middle punctate, with two slightly asperate costee which do not reach the apex; there are two small yellowish crests on the middle and a longer median one near the base. Thorax rather longer than broad, not wider than the head in front, without distinct frontal crests, but with five or six irregular elevations, the most distinct being a pair close to the basal depression and one before these along the middle ; its punctuation apparently very coarse, but finer in front. Elytra oblong-oval, scutellar region depressed, with two smail basal elevations and an elongate crest on each shoulder ; there are some other less definite ones, and several small black tubercles protrude here and there; each elytron has four series of large punctures which, on the posterior declivity, are transformed into striz. Antenne elongate ; scape slender, but distinctly knobbed Spectes of New-Zealand Coleoptera. 63 at the extremity, with fine yellow sete, it attains the back of theeye ; funiculus pubescent, gradually incrassate, basal two joints nearly equally elongate, the first slightly thicker. Legs normal. Underside reddish ; basal two ventral segments seemingly connate, but with an oblique series of coarse contiguous punctures from the centre to each side, denoting where the suture between them should be ; accepting that line of demar- cation, the second is longer than the first and appears de- pressed at the base; both are coarsely punctate ; fifth finely punctured, third and fourth impunctate, with deep sutures, Nearly allied to P. tuberculatus (1509), but with peculiar abdominal sculpture. Length (rost. incl.) 23; breadth 1 line. Riccarton, Canterbury. Two, found by Mr. H. Suter. AMPHISKIRRA, gen, DOV, Body apterous, elongate, unequally convex, much contracted medially, sparsely clothed. Rostrum arched, elongate, frontal half slightly expanded, the basal portion with a fine but well-defined carina, which becomes wider at the point of antennal insertion, but much finer beyond it. Scrobes foveiform at the middle, but prolonged, yet less deeply, towards the front of the eyes. Antenne moderately long and slender, Scape slender and flexuous, clavate at the extremity, and attaining the back of the eye. Funiculus 7-articulate, the second joint quite as Jong as, but rather more slender than, the basal one, 3-6 suboblong, seventh slightly enlarged; club oval, not visibly articulated. Eyes free from thorax, situated quite at the sides in front, small, rather flat, distinctly facetted, longi- tudinally oval. Headshort, much narrowed in front, globular below. Thorax about as long as broad, very much swollen or dilated at each side before the middle, base sharply trun- cate and submarginate, without ocular lobes. Scutellum absent. E/ytra closely adapted to base of thorax, of the same width there, widest behind the middle. Legs mode- rately long; femora arched above ; tibize somewhat flexuous, distinetly mucronate at the extremity. Tarsi rather short, basal joint scarcely perceptible from above, second trans- verse, third only slightly dilated, excavate above, but not lobate ; terminal as long as all the preceding joints combined ; claws small, Prosternum slightly incurved in front. Anterior core 64 Major T. Broun on new Genera and slightly separated, the intermediate also prominent, rather widely separated. Metasternum very short. Abdomen elon- gate, second segment convex, on the same plane, and nearly as long, as the basal one; the suture between these is fine yet distinct, and oblique towards the sides; third and fourth not discernible, fifth roughly sculptured. Chamepsephis makes the nearest approach to this genus in structure; the form, however, is altogether different. The medially swollen sides of the thorax are a quite excep- tional feature in this group, so that but little difficulty will be experienced in its recognition. Amphiskirra umbricola, sp. n. Subopaque; rostrum red and a little shining; thorax obscure dark reddish; basal depression of elytra piceo- fuscous and alittle shining, the rest of their surface slightly variegated, yellowish or dark brown; antenne and legs fusco-testaceous. Rostrum smooth near the extremity and bearing some soft subdepressed greyish setee. Thorax subdepressed on the disk ; its punctuation rather coarse, not dense, and quite irregular, with more or less rugose intervals ; there is a short keel from the middle forwards and an impression near the base, neither very definite. E/lytra a good deal rounded and distended behind the middle, so that they seem much narrowed towards the base, posterior declivity rounded but not vertical ; a considerable area near the base is occupied by a broad depression ; the general sculpture is not well marked, but there are three more or less evident striz on each, with some unequal punctures; the interstices are rather broad and irregularly elevated ; the basal depression is estriate, but has six or seven punctures ; their clothing is setiform and irregularly distributed, and smeared with sappy matter, but appears to be yellowish. Length (rost. incl.) 24; breadth ? line. Otira Gorge (Mr. J. H. Lewis). A single specimen of this little weevil. Ar@oscapus ardens, sp. 0. Elongate, subovate, slightly nitid, pale rufo-castaneous ; antenne and tarsi rufescent. Rostrum arclied, elongate ; in front of the antennal inser- tion, before the middle, somewhat convex or broadly ridged, Species of New-Zealand Coleoptera. 65 the basal portion with fine indefinite sculpture. Head grooved between the eyes, which are slightly oblique. Scape flexuous, slender, apically clavate, with minute, incon- spicuous, depressed sete. Funiculus sparingly pubescent, basal joint almost pyriform, seventh subquadrate, evidently larger than the preceding; club elongate, thick near the extremity, rather slender at the base, distinctly pubescent. Thorax as long as broad, a good deal narrowed anteriorly, slightly and gradually towards the base, from which a narrow depression proceeds towards the middle, its punctuation distinct but somewhat irregular; it bears short yellowish sete. Elytra oviform, of the same width as thorax at the base, broadest near the middle; striate-punctate, interstices a little uneven, scutellar region depressed ; they bear some minute yellowish sete, but more conspicuous ones are so congregated as to form about twenty small patches. Tibie flexuous, mucronate, with a series of minute setz which form a fringe on the front face of the anterior and the hind part of the other pairs. The basal ventral seyment across its front is depressed, the second is slightly flattened medially in front. A rather brightly coloured species as compared with the others, and with slightly different eyes. Length (rost. incl.) 1}; breadth § line. Ngatira, near Rotorua. Described from two specimens in my own collection, found about fourteen years ago. Areoscapus estriatus, sp. n. Subovate, opaque, fusco-piceous ; legs fusco-rufous ; ros- trum, antenne, and tarsi rufescent ; irregularly clothed with fine, depressed, yellow scales and squamiform sete. Rostrum arched, quite the length of thorax, the apical half very slightly expanded and indistinctly punctate, the basal portion broadly grooved and squamose along the middle, and with a fine carina at each side of the groove. Thoraz about as long as broad, widest near the middle, rounded there, slightly more narrowed in front than at the base, which, as well as the apex, is truncate; it is a little uneven above, medially depressed at the base, its punctuation hidden ; the scales are somewhat concentrated in places, so as to form a slightly raised elongate patch along the middle near the front, but with an almost bare space on each side of it and two patches on the apex. Elytra ovate, broadest Ann. & Mag. N. list. Ser. 8, Vol. iv. 5 66 Major T. Broun on new Genera and near the hind thighs, of the same width as thorax at the base; the scutellar region is depressed; they are without strie or serial punctures; the squamosity is irregularly distributed and forms a series of small patches across the top of the posterior declivity, another just below it, and a pair before the middle of the disk, but nearer the sides than they are to the suture ; none of these, however, are sharply defined. Legs stout, tibie a little flexuous but not distinctly mucronate. Underside opaque, fuscous, with fine, decumbent, brassy setee. Prosternum deeply incurved in front; anterior cox medially contiguous. Second ventral segment in the middle rather longer than the basal, with oblique lateral sutures, third and fourth very short, the terminal medially bi- impressed at the apex. Funiculus very slightly thickened towards the extremity, seventh joint larger than the pre- ceding one; club distinctly pubescent; scape flexuous, clavate at apex. This species may be readily identified by the absence of the usual serial punctures and striz of the elytra. Length (rost. incl.) 2; breadth ? line. Otira Gorge. A single specimen found by Mr. J. H. Lewis. Bradypate dilaticollis, sp. n. Opaque, fuscous ; legs fusco-rufous ; the rostrum, antenne, and tarsi red; unevenly clad with yellow squamiform setz. Rostrum arched, the frontal dilated portion with linear sculpture, the basal portion not distinctly ridged, but convex along the middle. Thorax rather broader than long, a good deal dilated medially at the sides; the surface uneven, its punctuation concealed by the depressed yellow scales, base and apex truncate. lytra subovate, broadest near the middle, scarcely broader than thorax at the base ; scutellar depression bordered at each side by a short elevation ; there are no striz or series of punctures visible on the dorsum, but on a denuded spot on the top of the hind declivity the suture appears smooth and convex, with a fine stria at each side of it; there are about a dozen more or less distinct squamose nodosities, and some minute tubercles or granular elevations above. Tibie moderately mucronate and bearing coarse yellow sete or scales. Scape flexuous, moderately clavate at the extremity, nearly glabrous. Fwniculus sparingly pilose, first Species of New-Zealand Coleoptera. 67 joint stout, seventh nearly twice the bulk of the sixth; club ovate, solid. A glance at the thorax is sufficient to distinguish this from B. capitalis. The eyes area little further apart and the head is less pinched in behind the eyes than in the typical species. Near each side of the rostrum a very slender carina extends backwards from the point of the antennal insertion, but does not reach the eye. Length (rost. incl.) 24; breadth line. Southland. One from Mr. A. Philpott. Bradypate interstitialis, sp. nv. Subovate, piceo-fuscous ; scape rufous ; funiculus and tarsi piceous ; irregularly covered with greyish scale-like matter and yellow setz. Thorax studded with small granules. E/ytra ovate-oblong, with shallow grooves formed apparently of large impressions, and with some minute granules; the longitudinal interstices narrow and somewhat elevated and interrupted, being com- posed evidently of series of granules. Underside opaque, piceous, the basal and terminal ventral segments reddish, the first slightly more elevated than the second, broad, depressed between the cox, and with two large punctiform fovee there and scattered punctures behind; the second short, nearly smooth, with five or six minute punctures only, third and fourth extremely short, fifth closely and finely sculptured, with a fovea near its extremity. In general appearance and nodosities very similar to B. capitalis, with the exceptions detailed above. Length (rost. incl.) 2; breadth ? line. Canterbury College Botanical Station, at the junction of the Waimakariri and Broken River (Mr. J. H. Lewis). Group Hylobiide. STILBODERMA, gen. nov. Small, subovate, moderately convex, sparsely clothed with slender hairs. Rostrum stout, arched, subcylindrical. Scrodbes visible above, profound, beginning before the middle and extending to the eyes ; they are expanded below, so that only a narrow interval exists between them on the under surface. An/enne rather short. Scape stout, clavate at apex, attaining the 68 Major T. Broun on new Genera and lower and front part of the eye. Funiculus 7-articulate, basal joint thick; second slender at base, only half as thick as the first at the apex and nearly as long as that is; 3-6 small and transverse, seventh transverse, at least twice as stout as the preceding one. Club oblong-oval, stout, not perceptibly articulated. Eyes distinctly facetted, lateral, free from thorax, transversely oval. Thorax truncate at base and apex, without ocular lobes. Scutellum absent. Hlytra sub- cordate. Tibia slightly expanded, with prominent, curved, external hooks, their inner extremity acutely produced. Tarsi slender, their soles almost without vestiture, having a few fine hairs only; basal joint slender at the base, as long as the terminal one; the penultimate a little expanded, exca- vate above at the apex, but not bilobed. Prosternum indistinctly incurved in front. Anterior core slightly separated, the intermediate not so far apart as the posterior. Metasternum short. Abdomen elongate, basal two segments large and almost equal, their suture slightly sinuous ; third and fourth short, with deep sutures. ; This differs from Hiratus in having almost contiguous anterior cox, unlobed penultimate tarsal joints, by the absence of the scutellum, and other details; it is, however, the most nearly related genus. Stilboderma impressipennis, sp. 0. Glossy, infuscate red ; antennz and tarsi fusco-testaceous, club darker and pubescent; the body sparingly clothed with inconspicuous slender hairs. Rostrum finely sculptured. Thorax about as broad as long, a little narrowed anteriorly, moderately coarsely and closely sculptured. /ytra truncate and sharply defined at the base, their sides moderately rounded, rather abruptly narrowed at the extremity; broadly transversely impressed before the middle, rather coarsely striate-punctate, sub- crenate on some parts; third and fifth interstices slightly elevated at the base, the summit of the posterior declivity slightly prominent but without callosities ; their base slightly exceeds that of the thorax in width. Underside shining, rufo-piceous, rather coarsely but not closely punctured (femora inclusive), and bearing a few fine hairs only. Length (rost. excl.) 1; breadth 2 line. Canterbury College Botanical Station. Two specimens from Mr. J. H. Lewis. Species of New-Zealand Coleoptera. 69 ArHor, gen. noy. Body subcylindric, small, minutely squamose. Rostrum nearly as long as thorax, arcuate, slightly dilated in front. Scrobes deep, beginning near apex, oblique, con- vergent underneath. yes transversely oval, situated at the sides of the head close to the thorax, widely separated above, depressed. Scape stout, attaining the eye, flexuous, gradually inerassate. Funiculus 7-articulate, basal joint as thick as the scape ; joints 5-7 obconical, transverse, seventh largest. Club oval, not distinctly articulate. Thorax slightly con- stricted in front, base widely bisinuate, without well-marked ocular lobes. Scutellum minute, Elytra rather short, sub- cylindrical, rather wider than thorax at the base, simply rounded apically. Femora proportionally large and thick. Tibie also thick, flexuous, external terminal hook stout, the inner calcar also well developed. Tarsi pubescent under- neath, very broad and short, penultimate joint with short lobes, the terminal remarkably small, with small claws. Prosternum deeply incuryed in front. Anterior core large, contiguous; the intermediate slightly separated, poste- rior widely. Metasternum short. Abdomen of only moderate length, second segment not quite so large as the first, the suture sinuate, third and fourth abbreviated. The only exponent of this genus is chiefly remarkable on account of the subcylindric outline, obtusely rounded elytral apex, broad tarsi, with their setose surface, the relatively thick legs, and deeply emarginate prosternum, all being characters which distinguish it from its congeners. Athor arcifera, sp. 0. Opaque, variegate ; fuscous, the legs and hind body some- times a little rufescent behind and at the sides ; tarsi and antennz dark red, club piceous ; the flattened squame are not easily seen and appear to be absent from the thoracic disk, but on the elytra pallid scales extend as far as the hind thighs and form a sort of arch from one shoulder to the other; the greater portion of the hind body is sometimes of a light chocolate hue ; on the rostrum and sides of the thorax the squamosity is grey. Rostrum apparently coarsely punctate. Thorax of nearly equal length and breadth, a little rounded laterally, evidently narrower in front than behind ; coarsely, closely, aud almost rugosely punctured. Llytra deeply sulcate, their punctures 70 On new New-Zealand Coleoptera. most distinct near the sides ; interstices apparently slightly rugose, under the microscope the fifth seem to have a series of minute granules. Underside dull piceous, moderately coarsely punctured, the squame and slender sete pallid. Length (rost. incl.) 1}; breadth $ line. Broken River. Another of the numerous discoveries made by Mr. J. H. Lewis. Four specimens. Group Cylindrorhinide. Sargon hudsont, sp. n. Elongate, moderately convex, subopaque, nigrescent ; sparingly clothed with minute, inconspicuous, round greyish scales, those on the rostrum and sides of thorax more elon- gate and brighter, a few being viridescent and pink. Rostrum a little shorter than thorax and half its width, with two ill-defined ridges starting from the imterocular groove and extending obliquely forwards, and with a well- developed central carina; the surface rather finely punc- tured, more closely near the sides, the apical portion setose. Thorax about equal in length and breadth, its sides almost straight behind, obliquely narrowed near the front, apex slightly medially emarginate; surface uneven, with coarse irregular rugosities near the sides; the longitudinal furrow deep and broad, its punctuation rather fine and close on the middle, coarser near the sides and base. Scutellum in- distinct. Hlytra oblong, shoulders curvedly narrowed, yet distinctly wider than thorax at the base, obliquely narrowed and deflexed posteriorly, apices slightly divergent at the suture, but not prolonged; their surface rather finely and not closely punctured; each with six discoidal striz having a few coarse punctures at the base; third and fifth inter- stices costiform, the former most prominent on top of the posterior declivity, but prolonged, though less elevated, to the extremity ; the fifth terminates very abruptly, so as to appear nodiform behind; seventh moderately raised from behind each shoulder to the declivity, so as to form a thick margin. Legs stout, with more brightly coloured scales than the elytra; posterior corbels simple, without any external truncature. Underside a little shining, black, finely punctured ; the sternum and basal ventral segments with somewhat rufescent Bibliographical Notice. 71 slender squamz, basal segment rather longer than second, the intervening suture angulate medially; third and fourth equal, with straight sutures; fourth and fifth transversely depressed medially at the base. When placed side by side with S. carinatvs the difference in coloration is very apparent, that species appearing to be entirely of a peculiar slightly rufescent grey, the derm itself being invisible; whereas S. hudsoni appears to be nearly black, the squamosity being inconspicuous. In the former species the rostral carina is less distinct, the front of the thorax is not emarginate, the scutellum is well developed, the elytral striz are finely punctured throughout, and the third interstices are quite as nodiform behind as the fifth. Length (rost. incl.) 8; breadth 3 lines. Mount Holdsworth, at an elevation of 4300 feet. Named in honour of Mr. G. V. Hudson, who discovered it. [To be continued. } BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE, Iowa Geological Survey. Vol. xviii. Annual Report 1907. Des Moines: Published for lowa Geological Survey, 1908. Pp. i-xi, 1-291; pls. i.—xvi. Tur bulk of this Report is devoted to a most valuable dissertation on the Devonian Fishes of lowa by Charles R. Eastman. Of great length and thoroughly exhaustive of the subject, it would be im- possible here to give an adequate summary of its contents. In the introductory portion of his memoir the Author surveys that thorny problem the origin of the paired fins, wherein he favours the arguments of Dean and Cope as against Smith Woodward ; and later he discusses the classification of the Arthrodira, reviewing the work of Continental savants, and, among British ichthyologists, Mr. C. T. Regan, Prof. Bridge, Dr. Traquair, and Mr. [sic| E. Ray Lankester. There is much that is new in these pages, as might be supposed, and not a little that will afford matter for further debate. Perhaps one of the most remarkable things in the whole Report is the Author’s asserted discovery of an actual fossil brain, in Rhadinichthys deani, sp.n, The substance of this brain, he tells us, ‘* became transformed into calcium phosphate before decomposition set in, and whose walls in consequence are scarcely shrunken. This view is 72 Miscellaneous. further confirmed by the presence of nerve-fibres and blood-vessels, slightly enlarged in some cases... . by the segregation of mineral matter, but coinciding in position with altogether similar nervous and vascular structures in modern Ganoids and bony fishes.” He also found the ‘internal ear and its associated parts so preserved that “their like has never before been found in the fossil condition.” The text-figures, which are numerous, and the plates are alike marvellously good. WP 8s MISCELLANEOUS. Dates of the Parts of C. H. C. Burmeister’s ‘ Genera Insectorum,’ 1838-1846. To the Editors of the * Annals and Magazine of Natural History,’ GenTLEMEN,—As most copies of this little work are wrongly bound up, it may be useful to print this list of contents of the several parts from the analyses given in Wiegmann’s ‘Archiv der Natur- geschichte.’ Heft 1 (1837). Lystra and Phenawx, Acocephalus, Bythoscopus, Eurymela. 2 (1838). Selenocephalus, Celidia, Eupelix, Jassus. 3 (1838). Ulopa, Doridium, Cephalelus, Ledra. 4 (1838). Gypona, Xerophlea, Pediculus. 5 (1840). Paropia, Acropis, Opsomala, Thrips, Phleo- thrips, Heliothrips. 6 (1840). Eudinopsis (?in 5 or 6), Hypselogenia, Platy- genia (cannot find this, but probably 5 or 6). 7 (1841). Familia Xylophila, Typhlocyba. 8 (1845). Fulgora, Pyrops, Euchirus, Ulopterus. 9 (1845). Trichophus, Hoplostomus, Rhagopteryx. 10 (1846). Copris, Heliocopris, Pelidnota, Trichius, Clasto- enemis, Trigonopeltastes. I do not know the dates of the two “Carton ”—*“ Pediculina, Phthirius,’ which is an addition, and ‘“ Lystra Phenax” (4 pp. of small type), which seems to be a correction,—but I suggest they both date from the 10th Heft, 1846. C. Davins Suerzorn. “Index Animalium.” atte’ \, = THE ANNALS MAGAZINE OF NATURAL HISTORY, {EIGHTH SERIES. } No. 20. AUGUST 1909. VIII.—Rhynchotal Notes.—XLVIII. By W. L. Distant. HoMopreERa. Fam. Fulgoride. Subfam. Jssrvz. The genera and species described and referred to in this paper are contained in the Rhynchotal collection of the British Museum. GALAPAGOSANA, gen. Nov. Vertex longer than pronotum, triangular, longitudinally centrally carinate ; face smooth, very obscurely carinate, an- gulate at base, triangularly excavate before clypeus, which is smooth; pronotum moderately short, convex in front, a little coneave behind, with a longitudinal tuberculous ridge a little before the inner margins of each eye; mesonotum considerably longer than pronotum, discally flattened and obliquely depressed, centrally finely longitudinally sulcate, and the margins of the flattened surface on each side finely ridged ; tegmina gibbously rounded at costal margin, broadly rounded at apices, which are slightly directed upwardly, clayus with transverse veins, a little gibbous near base, Ann. & Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 8. Vol. iv. 6 74 Mr. W. L. Distant on Homoptera. remaining surface of tegmina reticulately veined ; posterior tibiz unspined. Type, G. rostrifer, Butl. A genus in shape resembling Hypancylus, Fowl., which, however, is not an Issid, but a Flatid, very closely allied to Cyphopterum, Amyot. Galapagosana rostrifer. Issus rostrifer, Butl. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1877, p. 90. Hab. Galapagos Archipelago ; Charles Island (Brit. Mus.). This species is not recorded in Melichar’s ‘ Monographie der Issiden.’ Genus Issus. Issus, Fabr. Syst. Rhyng. p. 99 (1803); Melich. Mon. Issiden, p. 184 (1906). Type, I. coleopteratus, Geoffr. Issus coleopteratus. Cicada coleopterata, Geoffr. Hist. Ins. i. p. 418 (1764). Issus coleopteratus, Melich. Mon. Issiden, p. 189 (1906) (for synonymy). Issus bimacula, Walk. List Hom. ii. p. 364 (1851). Although no locality is affixed to the type of Walker, he had subsequently placed an Algerian specimen with it. Stal (1862) pointed out that J. maurus, Walk., is also a synonym of J. coleopteratus, Geoftr. Genus LoLuivs. Lollius, Stl, Hem. Afr. iv. p. 209 (1866); id. Ofy. Vet.-Ak, Férh. 1870, p. 763. Type, LZ. australicus, Stal. Lollius vittatus. Hysteropterum vittatum, Walk. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. x. p. 128 (1868). Hab. New Guinea. Lollius invarius. Hysteropterum invarium, Walk. Journ, Linn, Soc., Zool. x. p. 128 (1868). Hab, Mysol. re ed oe el, ee Mr. W. L. Distant on Homoptera. 75 Lollius minax. Hysteropterum minax, Walk. Journ, Linn, Soc., Zool. x. p. 127 (1868). Hab. Ceram. Lollius morosus. Hysteropterum morosum, Walk, Journ, Linn. Soc., Zool. x. p. 125 (1868). Hab. Morty Island. Lollius leve. Hysteropterum leave, Walk, Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. x. p. 125 (1868). Hab. Ceram. Lollius tumidulus. Hysteropterum timidulum, Walk, Journ, Linn. Soc., Zool. x. p. 125 (1868). Hab. Ceram. Lollius mouhoti, sp. n. Brownish ochraceous, mottled and spotted with piceous or fuscous; vertex with a large dark fuscous spot before each lateral margin; face fuscous brown, transversely piceous before clypeus, which is piceous, with its base ochraceous ; pronotum finely speckled with fuscous brown ; mesonotum with larger irregular fuscous-brown spots; body beneath paler and less darkly suffused than above; legs much mottled with fuscous brown; tegmina ochraceous, finely mottled with brownish, a large inner basal fascia to clavus, central longitudinal disk to corium, and small costal and apical marginal spots piceous; the dark discal coloration is broken near costa, exhibiting two ochraceous spots, one near middle and the other beyond it; vertex concave, about as long as broad, the anterior margin centrally a little angu- larly prominent, the lateral margins upwardly laminately ridged ; face moderately concave at base, the basal angles acute, the lateral margins obliquely directed outwards for two-thirds their length and then inwardly oblique to clypeus, centrally carinate and becoming broadly bifurcately carinate at about one-fourth from base ; pronotum with the anterior _. margin centrally roundly produced between the posterior areas of the eves, the posterior margin a little subobliquely G* 76 Mr. W. L. Distant on Homoptera. recurved on each side; tegmina with the apical margins broad and truncate. Long., incl. tegm., 13 mm. Hab. Cambodia; Chantaban (Mouhot, Brit. Mus.). Allied to L. furcifer, Stal. Moniana, gen. nov. Vertex longer than broad, internally a little foveate, the margins ridged, the apical margin appearing prominent by the exposure of the base of face; face obliquely straightly widening towards clypeus, the disk strongly tricarinate, the central carination slender, straight, the sublateral carinations more robust and united at base ; clypeus transversely ridged on basal area, beyond which it is centrally longitudinally ridged ; pronotum short, anteriorly subconically produced between the eyes, the central disk subfoveately flattened ; mesonotum with two oblique central carinations ; tegmina jJaterally deflected, about one and a half times as long as broad, the apex roundly truncate, claval suture reaching apex of inner margin ; legs moderate. This genus, which is only represented in the National Collection by a badly-pinned specimen, is allied to Lollius, from which it differs by the totally different structure of the face. Moniana andrewsi. Issus (?) andrewsi, Kirby, Monogr. Christmas Isld. p. 138 (1900). Hab. Christmas Island. Genus TYLana. Tylana, Stal, Rio Jan. Hem. ii. p. 67 (1862). Type, 7. cristata, Fabr. Tylana composita. Issus compositus, Walk. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. i. p. 152 (1857). Hab. Borneo. Tylana truncata. Hysteropterum truncatum, Walk. List Hom., Suppl. p. 93 (1858) ; Melich. Mon. Issiden, p. 154 (1906), k Hab. Java. Mr. W. L. Distant on Homoptera. 77 Tylana lineolata, Tssus lineolatus, Walk, Journ. Entomol. i. p. 308 (1862). Hab. Australia, Moreton Bay (Brit. Mus.). Tylana angustifrons. Lollius yarn er Kirk. Rep. Exp. Stat. Haw. Plant. Assoc, Bull. i. ota ix. p. 438 (1906), ‘ylana Gheiascuke Melich. Mon. Issiden, p. 203 (1906). Hab. Queensland ; Kurauda (Dodd, Brit. Mus.). Closely allied to T. lineolata, Walk. Tylana acutipennis. Lollius acutipennis, Kirk. Rep. Exp. Stat. Haw. Plant. Assoc. Bull. i. t. ix. p. 439 (1906). Tylana acutipennis, Melich. (part.) Monogr. Issiden, p. 200 (1906). The British Museum possesses specimens collected by Mr. Dodd at Kuranda, Queensland, the locality given by Kirkaldy, Structurally and dimensionally these examples agree with Kirkaldy’s description, but the colour is mostly virescent, or sometimes ochraceous, with the legs ochraceous, characters not mentioned in the somewhat short differential description. Tylana confinis, sp. n. — confinis, Walk., MS. Ochraceous, mottled with brownish and fuscous ; vertex with a few brownish speckles; pronotum with an anterior marginal line of dark punctures and a piceous suffusion at base ; mesonotum with the basal angles broadly piceous, containing a small central pale spot; face and clypeus some- what thickly finely speckled with fuscous ; body beneath and legs ochraceous, posterior legs mostly piceous brown ; abdo- men beneath (excluding basal segment) finely speckled with brown ; tegmina ochraceous, basal third of costal and sub- costal area and the apical margin fuscous, extreme costal and apical margins finely spotted with piceous; vertex with the lateral margins strongly and sharply ridged; face con- cave, lateral margins ridged, base concave, tricarinate ; outer margin of clavus a little darkly convexly nodulose near apex of mesonotum, costal margin obliquely widened for about one half from base and then straight to apex, which is broadly transverse ; tibie strongly sulcate. Long., incl. tegm., 8} mm. Hab. Sumatra (Wallace, Brit. Mus.). 78 Mr. W. L. Distant on Homoptera. Tylana rudis, sp. n. —— rudis, Walk., MS. Very pale brownish ochraceous; eyes greyish white; vertex and pronotum paler than the mesonotum and more or less speckled with pale brown; mesonotum with about six pale longitudival ridges; pronotum with three somewhat obscure ridges, the central ridge straight, the two others oblique ; body beneath pale ochraceous ; face and legs thickly, abdomen more sparingly speckled with brownish; tegmina obscure greyish, darker on basal area, with the veins promi- nent and slightly tinted with reddish, the costal and apical margins finely spotted with brownish ; face tricarinate, its base moderately concave ; pronotum roundly produced ante- riorly between the posterior area of the eyes, its basal margin a little rounded; tegmina widened on posterior half, its apical margin broadly subtruncate, its costal margin oblique to a little before middle and then nearly straight and slightly sinuate to apex, posterior claval margin gibbously rounded near base. Long. 54 mm. Hab. Malay Archipelago ; Gilolo (Wallace, Brit. Mus.). PARATYLANA, gen. NOv. Allied to Tylana, but with the vertex and face much narrower, the latter elongate, much longer than wide, slightly widened before clypeus, the lateral margins strongly ridged, and with a sublateral longitudinal ridge on each side which are more or less united near base and before clypeus; other characters generally as in Tylana. Type, P. herbida, Walk. The Tylana laterata, Melich., will be included in this genus. Paratylana herbida. Issus herbidus, Walk. Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond., Zool. x. p. 121 (1868). Tylana herbida, Melich. (part.) Mon. Issiden (Homopt.), p. 206 (1906). Hab. Mysol. Paratylana biplaga. Issus biplaga, Walk. Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond., Zool. x. p. 122 (1868), Tylana herbida, Melich. (part.) Mon, Issiden (Homopt.), p. 206 (1906), Issus semifascia, Walk., MS. Hab. Morty and Aru. i i — Sh Mr. W. L. Distant on Homoptera. 79 Walker had previously described a species of Jssus front Hong Kong as Jssus biplaga (List Hom. ii. p. 367, 1851). Paratylana dimidiata. Issus dimidiatus, Walk. Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond., Zool. x. p. 123 (1868). Tylana herbida, Melich. (part.) Mon. Issiden (Homopt.), p. 206 (1906). Hab. Mysol. Paratylana bifascia. Issus bifascia, Walk. Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond., Zool. x. p. 123 (1868). Tylana herbida, Melich. (part.) Mon. Issiden (Homopt.), p. 206 (1906). Hab. New Guinea. Paratylana picea. Issus piceus, Walk. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. x. p. 123 (1868). Tylana picea, Melich. Mon. Issiden, p. 205 (1906). Hab. Aru, New Guinea. NEoTYLANA, gen. nov. Allied to Paratylana by the narrow face and vertex, but with the face obliquely directed inwardly, and not outwardly as in Paratylana. Vertex with the lateral margius strongly ridged ; face nearly three times as long as broad, at base extended a little above the eyes, where it is very slightly narrowed, lateral margins strongly ridged, two central longi- tudinal ridges more or less meeting near base and apex ; clypeus centrally ridged; pronotum anteriorly conically produced between the eyes, the basal margin centrally sinuate, the disk longitudinally depressed; pronotum tri- carinate ; tegmina short, broad, the costal margin convex, the apical margin obliquely truncate, posterior margin of clavus gibbously rounded near base. Type, N. marginalis, Walk. Neotylana marginalis. Hysteropterum marginale, Walk. Ins, Saund., Hom. p. 46 (1858); Melich. Mon. Issiden, p. 151 (1906). Hab. Africa; “ Cape Coast.” Genus NARAYANA. Narayana, Dist. Faun. Brit. Ind., Rhynch. iii. ene (190F) Capelopterum, Melich. Mon. Issiden, p. 210 (1906). 80 Mr. W. L. Distant on Homoptera. Genus IssoscEPa. Tssoscepa, Melich. Mon. Issiden, p. 214 (1906). Type, I. nodipennis, Germ. Tssoscepa mutilatus. Hysteropterum mutilatum, Walk, List Hom., Suppl. p. 94 (1858). Amphiscepa (?) mutilatum, Melich. Mon. Issiden, p. 154 (1906). Hab. Amazons. Genus NILALoHITA. Nilalohita, Dist. Faun. Brit. Ind., Rhynch. iii. p. 358 (1906). Type, N. curculioides, Dist. Wilalohita lineata. Tssus lineatus, Walk. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. i. p. 154 (1857) ; Melich. Mon. Issiden, p. 315 (1906). Hab. Borneo; Sarawak (Wallace). Singapore (Ridley). MAHANORONA, gen. nov. Head (including eyes) distinctly narrower than pronotum, vertex subquadrate, its margins ridged ; face about twice as long as broad, its base rounded, not emarginate, strongly ampliately rounded before clypeus, centrally longitudinally tricalinate, the carinations united at base, the two lateral carinations not reaching clypeus, the lateral margins ridged ; clypeus centrally longitudinally carinate, its lateral margins laminately recurved ; pronotum subangularly produced be- tween eyes, where it is centrally longitudinally carinate ; mesonotum slightly longer than pronotum, centrally longi- tudinally carinate, and with a curved carinate line commencing on each lateral margin at about one-third from base and meeting near the anterior margin; rostrum considerably passing the posterior coxe; legs long, posterior tibiee with five spines, anterior tibie not dilated; tegmina convexly oblique, a little longer than the abdomen, about twice as long as broad, the costal margin somewhat concavely sinuate near middle, radial vein bifurcating at a short distance from base, upper longitudinal vein bifurcating near middle; be- tween the longitudinal veins, which are prominent, are situate a number of irregular transverse veinlets which give the tegmina a reticulate character. Mr. W. L. Distant on Homoptera. 81 Allied to Nilalohita, Dist., from which it differs by the tricarinate and basally rounded non-emarginate face, carinate clypeus, the non-dilated anterior tibiz, and different venation to tegmina, Mahanorona cowani, sp. u. Body above brownish ochraceous, speckled and marked with black; vertex with two prominent black spots on each lateral margin; clavus with a prominent transverse black spot at about one-third from base ; tegmina more densely spotted with black before and after middle, the latter more piceous than black ; face black, the lateral margins and the two outer central earinations more or less spotted with ochra- ceous, the posterior margin broadly ochraceous ; clypeus, rostrum, body beneath, and legs ochraceous, speckled and spotted with black or piceous ; a large black spot on each side of prosternum and a similar spot on each side of meta- sternum ; two annulations to anterior and intermediate coxze, three more or less distinct annulations to anterior and intermediate femora and tibiz, apex of posterior femora and all the tarsi more or less purplish brown or piceous; struc- tural characters as in generic diagnosis. Long., incl. tegm., 11 mm. Hab, Madagascar; Mahanoro (Cowan, Brit. Mus.). Mincorivs, gen. nov. Head (including eyes) distinctly narrower than pronotum, vertex subquadrate, foveately depressed, the lateral margins ridged, the apex truncate ; face about twice as long as broad, tricarinate, the central carination straight and robust, the lateral ones curved and not quite reaching base, basal margin angularly sinuate, posterior margin rounded before clypeus, which is broad and not carinate ; pronotum mode- rately short, transverse, anteriorly subconically produced between the eyes, basal margin truncate, the posterior lateral angles slightly rounded ; mesonotum longer than pronotum, broadly triangular, centrally finely carinate ; rostrum almost reaching the posterior coxz ; legs moderately long, posterior tibiae with two spines, anterior tibiz distinctly compressed and dilated ; tegmina convexly oblique, a little longer than the abdomen, the costal margin a little concavely sinuate near middle, radial vein bifurcating at a short distance from base, upper longitudinal vein bifurcating slightly farther on ; the apical halves of tegmina possess numerous transverse veins, giving a subreticulate appearance. 82 Mr. W. L. Distant on Homoptera. This genus is allied to Nilalohita, Dist., from which it can be at once separated by the posterior tibiz, which are armed with two, and not five spines. Mincopius andamanensis, sp. n. Brownish ochraceous, speckled and marked with darker brown ; tegmina with the veins reddish and with some mode- rately indistinct angulate dark brown markings at and behind middle; clypeus black, its lateral margins flavous ; sternum and base of abdomen pale and more stramineous than above, remainder of abdomen a little darker than above; legs speckled with castaneous; pronotum finely granulose ; mesonotum centrally subtriangularly depressed ; other structural characters as in generic diagnosis. Long., incl. tegm., 8} mm. Hab. Andaman Islands (G. Rogers, Brit. Mus.). DINDINGA, gen. nov. Head with eyes about as broad as pronotum, the eyes very large and long, directed backward and almost covering the whole lateral margins of the pronotum, vertex not extending beyond the anterior margins of the eyes, subquadrate, its lateral margins somewhat strongly ridged ; face very much longer than broad, obliquely directed for a little more than half its length from base, and strongly and _ horizontally recurved to base of clypeus, very slightly wider towards apex than at base, the lateral margins strongly ridged; clypeus triangular; pronotum short, anteriorly triangularly pro- duced between eyes, and with a central longitudinal impres- sion ; mesonotum a little longer than pronotum, centrally longitudinally impressed, the margins of the impression ridged; anterior femora flattened, laminately dilated both above and beneath for nearly their entire length; anterior tibiz laminately and somewhat convexly widened beneath for nearly their entire length; intermediate femora simple; posterior femora much shorter than posterior tibie, slightly bent, widened apically ; posterior tibiz with two spines ; tegmina longer than broad, the costal margin slightly but distinctly sinuate near middle, clavus extending to about middle of corium, claval vein not reaching apex, middle longitudinal vein bifurcating at about one-fourth from base, apical area somewhat thickly transversely veined. Type, D. oculata, Dist. Allied to Prosonoma, Melich., from which it differs by the Mr. W. L. Distant on Homoptera. 83 large eyes almost entirely covering the lateral margins of the pronotum, the two-, not three-spined posterior tibia, the different shape of the face, which, regarded from the sides, has a broad obtusely porrect appearance. Dindinga oculata, sp. n. Dull reddish ; extreme apices of the anterior and inter- mediate femora, lower base of the anterior tibie, posterior tibiz (excluding base and generally apex), and disk of sternum (more or less) pale greenish ochraceous ; head with the vertex sometimes greenish ochraceous; pronotum and base of face more or less granulose ; tegmina mostly rugulose between the veins, which are very distinct; other structural characters as in generic diagnosis. Long. 8-9 mm. Hab. Dinding Islands (H. N. Ridley, Brit. Mus.). Perak (Doherty, Coll. Dist.). Fortunta, gen. nov. Vertex a little less than twice as long as broad, directed obliquely downward, rugosely granulose above to a trans- verse carination between the eyes, behind which it is much less or very slightly granulose, and before which it is longi- tudinally tricarinate, the lateral carinations curved, the lateral areas large and flatly produced downward on each side ; face small, almost horizontal; clypeus large, globose ; rostrum very robust, reaching the intermediate coxe ; pro- notum somewhat short, anteriorly convexly produced between the posterior areas of the eyes, granulose, centrally longitu- dinally carinate, the margins finely ridged ; mesonotum slightly longer than the pronotum, granulose, tricarinate, the central carination straight, the lateral ones oblique ; legs more or less longitudinally grooved, anterior tibie strongly grooved but not dilated, posterior tibiz with two strong spines placed beyond the middle ; tegmina convexly oblique, about twice as long as broad, thickly and coarsely reticulate, the costal margin concavely sinuate at about one-fourth from base, the upper longitudinal vein bifurcating near base, the radial vein bifurcating near middle. Type, F. byrrhoides, Walk. This genus is allied to Prosonoma, Melich., especially by the peculiar structure of the head; it differs by the non- dilated anterior tibie, the bispined posterior tibie, the centrally carinate pronotum and mesonotum, &c, 84 Mr. W. L. Distant on Homoptera. Fortunia byrrhoides. Issus byrrhoides, Walk. List Hom., Suppl. p. 89 (1858). Hab. North China (Fortune, Brit. Mus.). Genus TRIENOPA. Trienopa, Sign. Ann, Soc. Ent. Fr. (8) viii. p. 188 (1860). Eriphyle, Stal, Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Forh. 1861, p. 208. Type, 7. flavida, Sign. Trienopa retracta, retractus, Walker, MS. A specimen thus labelled and derived from “ Cape Coast ” is in the British Museum. It has not been described by Walker, is allied to longifrons, Walk. (of which it is probably a pale variety), but is only represented by a single example in moderate condition. It has nothing to do with the Issus retractus, Walk. (Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. i. p. 152, 1857), from Borneo, which belongs to the genus Tetrica, Stal. Genus TErRIca. Tetrica, Stél, Hem. Afr. iv. p. 208 (1866); Dist. Faun. Brit. Ind., Rhynch. iii. p. 339 (1906). | Type, 7. fusca, Stal. Tetrica retracta. Issus retractus, Walk, Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. i. p. 152 (1857). Hab. Borneo. Tetrica ovalis. Issus ovalis, Walk. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. i. p. 154 (1857). Hab. Borneo. Tetrica literosa. Issus literosus, Walk. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. i. p. 154 (1857). Hab. Borneo. Tetrica nanulum. Hysteropterum nanulum, Walk. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. x, p. 126 (1868), Hab. Morty Island. Mr. W. L. Distant on Homoptera. 85 Genus THABENA. Thabena, St8l, Hem. Afr. iv. p. 208 (1866); id. Ofv. Vet.-Akud. Férh. 1870, p. 761; Melich. Mon. Issiden, p. 294 (1906). Type, 7’. stdli, Melich. Thabena patula. Issus patulus, Walk. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. i. p. 153 (1857). Issus iners, Walk. loc. cit. Hab. Borneo. Genus SARIMA. Sarima, Melich. Hom. Faun. Ceylon, p, 78 (1903). Type, S. wlibata, Melich. Sarima sinensis. Issus sinensis, Walk. List Hom. ii. p. 367 (1851). Hab. Hong Kong. Genus Tempsa. Tempsa, Stil, Hem. Afr. iv. p. 208 (1866). Type, 7. malaya, Stal. Tempsa angusta. Issus angustus, Walk. List Hom., Suppl. p. 92 (1858). Hab. Borneo. Tempsa rogersi, sp. 1. Dull ochraceous ; vertex with a piceous spot on each lateral margin; pronotum with two small central spots and a larger transverse spot on each side behind eyes piceous ; mesonotum with three large piceous spots, one near each basal angle and one near apex; face brownish, the lateral margins paler, with piceous spots, the spots on each side before clypeus larger and oblique; anterior and intermediate femora annulated with castaneous brown before apex, the anterior and intermediate tibiz annulated with castaneous brown near base and at apex ; tegmina dull ochraceous, with the veins castaneous and with a series of small piceous spots on apical margin ; vertex concave, with a very obscure central carination ; pronotum with a central and mesonotum 86 Mr. W. L. Distant on Homoptera. with three carinations ; face centrally carinate, the clypeus globose at basal area and very strongly centrally carinate. Long. 10 mm. Hab. Andaman Islands (G. Rogers, Brit. Mus.). Genus Evritis. Eupilis, Walk. Journ. Linn. Soe., Zool. i. p. 93 (1857). Type, E. albilineola, Walk. Eupilis hebes. wey helen, Walk. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. i. p. 162 (1857). Walk., MS. Hab. Borneo. A specimen from Sarawak labelled “ gradiens, Walk.,” is in the National Collection, but I can find no trace of its description. Genus GERGITHUS. Gergithus, Stil, Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Férh. 1870, p. 756, note. Type, G. schaumi, Stal. Gergithus niger. Hemispherius niger, Walk. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. i. P. 155 (1857) ; Melich. Mon. Issiden, p. 76 (1906). Hab. Malay Peninsula. Genus HeMIsPH&RIUS. Hemispherius, Schaum, in Ersch & Gruber, Allg. Enc. Wissensch. Kiinste, i. p. 71 (1850). Type, H. coccinelloides, Burm. Hemispherius lativitta. Hemispherius lativitta, Walk. Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond., Zool. x. p. 180 (1868). Herophila lativitta, Melich. Mon. Issiden, p. 57 (1906). Hab. Morty Island. Hemispherius variabilis. Hemispherius variabilis, Butl. Aun. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) xvi. p. 98, t. iv. fig. 21 (1875). Gergithus variabilis, Melich. Mon. Issiden, p. 65 (1906). Hab. Japan. PRESTON. os Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hast. &. 8. Vol. IV. Pl. IV f rf On new Shells from West Ajrica. 87 MonGOLIANA, gen. nov. Closely allied to Hemispherius, but separated by the different structure of the face, which is a little longer than broad, with the lateral margins slightly convex and a little widened at middle (not obliquely widened from base to near clypeus as in Hemispherius) ; the lateral margins are also inwardly bordered by a linear series of very small tubercles. Type, M. chilocorides, Walk. Mongoliana chilocorides. Hemispherius chilocorides, Walk. List Hom. ii. 2 379 (1851). Gergithus chilocorides, Melich. Mon. Issiden, p. 67 (1906). Hab. Hong Kong (Brit. Mus.). Mongoliana recurrens. Hemispherius recurrens, Butl. Ann. & Mag, Nat. Hist.( 4) xvi. p. 98, t. iv. fig. 20 (1875); Melich. Mon. Issiden, p. 85 (1906). Hab. China; Fowchowfoo (Lay, Brit. Mus.). IX.—WNew Land and Freshwater Shells from West Africa. By H. B. Preston, F.Z.8. (Plate 1V.] Ennea (Gulella) pallaryi, sp.n. (Fig. 1.) Differing from LE. capitata, Gld.*, from Liberia, in its more conical form, slightly more contracted base, and in the last two whorls being much narrower ; instead of bearing three teeth on the outer lip in addition to those on the colu- mella and at the base, as in LZ. capitata, there are but two. Alt. 11°75, diam. maj. 6°25 mm. Aperture: alt. 2°75, diam, 2°25 mm. ab, Assinie. s In the year 1842 Reeve described in the Proc. Zool. Soc. a rR Achatina tincta, which he figured in the same year in the ‘Conchologia Systematica’; this shell, which he says was in the Cuming Collection, cannot now be found, and as * Bost. Proc. i. p. 158 (1843), 88 Mr. H. B. Preston on new it is probable that the late Mr. Cuming parted with it at a later date, it may be considered as lost; this figure has all the appearance of a young specimen of A. vartegata, Lk., and is certainly not the same species as that figured later by Reeve in the ‘ Conchologia Iconica’*. This latter, though figured as A. tincta, and which is now in the British Mu- seum, seems to be a varietal form of A. weynest, Dautz.T. Pfeiffer {, misled by Reeve’s later illustration, figured several specimens of what he took to be A. tineta, but his figures, though possibly belonging to the same species as that figured by Reeve in the ‘ Conchologia Iconica,’ certainly have nothing to do with that figured in the first place by him in the ‘Conchologia Systematica.’ There are two other shells in the British Museum, one marked “ A. tincta, var.,” also from the Cuming Collection, and bearing locality ‘ Fernando Po,” and the other a poor specimen unnamed, but obviously belonging to the same species, with locality ‘‘ Upper Congo” ; these agree very fairly with the specimen now figured and described, and for which I propose the name of Achatina thotelleriana. Achatina lhotelleriana, sp.n. (Fig. 2.) Shell oblong-ovate, obtuse, covered with a _ smooth yellowish-brown periostracum and painted with irregular transverse chestnut bands and flame-markings ; upper whorls tinged with rose ; whorls 74, flattened but inflated, sculptured with transverse lines of growth and very minute spiral striz only visible with the aid of a lens, and showing minute granulation in places ; sutures impressed, margined, slightly crenulate; columella bluish white, much twisted, descending vertically, obliquely truncate below, and spreading above into a parietal callus which reaches the upper margin of the whorl about 1 mm. behind the extremity of the outer lip; peristome thin, simple above, slightly reflexed below, tinged with reddish brown ; aperture inversely auriform ; interior of shell bluish, glossy. Alt. 72, diam. maj. 39 mm. Aperture: alt. 37, diam. 18 mm. Hab. S. Antonio, left bank of Congo Delta. Dreissensia bananaensis, sp.n. (Fig. 3.) Shell slightly inequivalve, elongately subtrigonal, broad, * Reeve, Conch. Icon. v. pl. xi. fig. 29. + Ann. Soc. malac. Belgique, xxxiv. p. 27. { Pfeiffer, Malak. Bl. xvi. 1869, p. 253, pl. i. figs, 1-4. Shells from West Africa. 89 covered with a coarsely laminiferous reddish-brown peri- ostracum ; interior of shell whitish, gradually changing to dark blackish purple. Long. 11, lat. 6°25 mm. Hab. Banana Creek, Congo Delta. Separable from D. lacustris, Morl,*, by its much broader and more trigonal form, its more laminiferous periostracum, and darker interior, which in D, lacustris is quite white. Dreissensia gibberosa, sp.n. (Fig. 4.) Shell inequivalve, mytiliform, rather sharply curved, broad in proportion to its length, covered with a dark brown laminiferous periostracum; interior of shell bluish white, stained in places with greyish brown and pencilled with longitudinal greyish-brown lines. Long. 20, lat. 13 mm. Hab. Assinie. Differing from D. ornata, Morl., its nearest ally, in being much larger and smoother; the pencilled lines in the interior are also much coarser. Unio (Nodularia) subnigra, sp.n. (Fig. 5.) Shell oblong-ovate,covered with a dark brown periostracum, smooth centrally, but becoming laminiferous towards the margins, especially posteriorly ; umboes moderately small, situated subcentrally ; dorsal margin slightly arched ; ventral margin gently curved; anterior side flattened, bluntly rounded ; posterior side very obtusely angled; left valve bearing a cardinal jagged lamelliform tooth; anterior teeth wedge-shaped, with jagged edges ; posterior teeth fine, elon- gate, smooth; interior of shell pale flesh-colour, changing towards the anterior and posterior margins to iridescent livid blue. Long. 31-5, lat. 49 mm. Hab. Lower Belgian Congo. Mutela lhotelleriana, sp.n. (Fig. 6.) Shell rhomboidal, slightly gaping at both sides, covered with an olive-green periostracum, marked with coarse irre- gular concentric lines of growth and indistinct radiate ridges, a minute oblique striate sculpture being apparent in places under a lens; umboes small, not prominent, situated very * Morlet, Journ, de Conch. 1885, p. 32, Ann. & Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 8. Vol. iv. 7 90 On new Shells from West Africa. anteriorly; dorsal margin sloping; ventral margin nearly straight; anterior side flattened, rounded; posterior side tumid, somewhat rostrate, sloping above, rounded below; interior of shell pale livid flesh-colour. Long. 35, lat. 88 mm. Hab. Gaboon. Spatha semicorrugata, sp.n. (Fig. 7.) Shell oblong, solid, covered with a blackish-brown peri- ostracum which is minutely wrinkled posteriorly, sculptured with rather coarse concentric lines of growth and corrugated on the upper portion of the posterior side; umboes small, situated somewhat anteriorly ; ligament elongate, not promi- nent; dorsal margin slightly arched posteriorly, sloping anteriorly ; ventral margin nearly straight; anterior side angled, bluntly acuminate; interior of shell rosy pink, iridescent, especially towards the margins. Long. 51°5, lat. 87 mm. Hab. Lower Congo. Corbicula gabonensis, sp. n. (Fig. 8.) Shell rotundly trigonal, somewhat inflated, chalky white, covered with a fine, polished, smooth, olive-green peri- ostracum, sculptured with regular, somewhat distant, con- centric ribs ; umboes livid purple; ventral margin gently rounded; anterior side bluntly rounded ; posterior side very slightly produced, rounded ; cardinal teeth two in each valve, rather coarse; lateral teeth elongate, serrated ; interior of shell livid purple. Long. 22, lat. 23°25 mm. Hab, Gaboon. Galatea rubrotincta, sp.n. (Fig. 9.) Shell subtrigonal, white, covered with a smooth brownish- olive periostracum, occasionally spotted with umber-brown and tinged, especially anteriorly, with rusty red, smooth, posteriorly radiately grooved, bearing a lunule on either side ; umboes large and prominent; anterior side steeply sloping above, sharply rounded below; posterior side concave, abruptly sloping above, bluntly rostrate below; ventral margin gently rounded ; teeth large, coarse, finely granular, somewhat lacerated, especially on the right valve; interior of shell pure white. Long. 39, lat. 41 mm. Hab. Congo Delta. On new Coleoptera from the Oriental Region. 91 Fischeria globosa, sp.n. (Fig. 10.) Shell irregularly trigonal, very much inflated, bluish white covered with a pale dive. reen periostracum, marked with indistinct concentric lines of growth, which become wrinkled and more apparent posteriorly ; umboes violet, large, promi- nent; ligament short, prominent; dorsal margin strongly arched ; ventral margin sinuous; anterior side acuminately rounded ; posterior side rostrate, angled; right valve bearing one squarish, slightly bifid cardinal tooth, a somewhat twisted posterior lateral ne a very fine elongate anterior lateral tooth ; left valve bearing two rounded cardinal teeth, the lateral teeth being almost obsolete on both sides ; interior of shell bluish lilac, with a somewhat granular surface. Long. 14, lat. 18 mm. Hab, Congo Delta. EXPLANATION OF PLATE IV. Fig. 1, Ennea (Gulella) pallaryi, sp. n. ‘gy. 2. Achatina lhotelleriana, sp. n. 1g. 3. Dreissensia bananaensis, sp. 0. Fig. gibberosa, sp. n. Unio (Nodularia) subnigra, sp. n. . Mutela lhotelleriana, sp. u. pee semicorrugata, 8p. Nn. ‘orbicula gabonensis, sp. n. . Galatea rubrotincta, sp. u, ‘ischeria globosa, sp. n. = Ss SH MONA eto X.—Four new Lamellicorn Coleoptera from the Oriental Region. By Gitsert J. Arrow. (Published by permission of the Trustees of the British Museum.) In a recent part of the ‘Annals’ I published some notes upon African species of the genus Sisyphus. Having at the same time examined such other types of the genus as are accessible to me, I now give a few notes upon Oriental species. These are not nearly so numerous as their African congeners, and the following is a complete list of those at present known :— *bowringt, White, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1844, xiv. p. 423, Hong Kong. 7* 92 Mr. G. J. Arrow on new denticrus,'Fairm. Ann. Soc. Ent. France, 1886, (6) vi. p- 320. Yunnan. *hirtus, Wied. Zool. Mag. 1823, ii. 1, p. 24. S. India. ? neglectus, Gory, Mon. Sisyphus, 1833, p. 14, fig. 11. ? prominens, Walk. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1859, (3) iv. p. 219. *setosulus, Walk. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1858, (3) ii. p. 208. *indicus, Hope, Zool. Misc. 1831, p. 22. N. India. *caschmirensis, Redt. Hiigel’s Kaschmir, 1848, iv. 2, p. 516. longipes, Oliv. Ent. i. 3, p. 164, pl. xix. fig. 177. India. minutus, Ent. Syst. 1792, i. p. 70. *helwigi, F., Ent. Syst., Supp. p. 35. morvo, Sp. N. N. China. *subsidens, Walk. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1858, (3) ii. p- 208. Ceylon. tarantula, sp. n. Ceylon. thoracicus, Sharp, Col. Hefte, 1875, xiii. p. 39. Singapore. I have marked with an asterisk those species of which I have been able to examine the types, some of them, by the kindness of Drs. Ganglbauer and Boving, sent to me for the purpose from the Viennaand Copenhagen Museums. Of the three Ceylon species of Walker the types of two are in the British Museum, S. setosulus being synonymous with S. hirtus, Wied., while S. subsidens is a smaller form, less closely setose, with the front angles of the thorax a little produced. The type of S. prominens, Walk., however, like the types of all the Coleoptera enumerated in the “ Addenda” to Walker’s paper of 1859, is undiscoverable, and its determination from the description being impossible, it must of necessity be treated as non-existent. Sisyphus tarantula, sp. n. Niger, capite prothoraceque leviter cupreis, levis, subsericeus, supra ubique parce setosus, setis uncinatis, clypeo antice sat distanter bispinoso, capite punctato; pronoto vix punctato, angusto, con- vexo, medio lineato-sulcato ; elytris subtiliter crenato-striatis ; sterno distincte parce punctato; pedibus longissimis, femoribus quatuor posterioribus postice angulatim laminatis, posticis etiam Coleoptera from the Oriental Region. 93 ibi tuberculo armato, tibiis quatuor posterioribus ante medium arcuatis, intermediis intus spino armatis, trochanteribus posticis longe spinosis. Long. 11 mm.; lat. max. 6-5 mm. Hab. Ceylon. I have seen only two males, one in the British Museum and the other in Mr. George Lewis’s collection and found by him in the dense jungle overhanging Balangoda (3500 feet alt.) in April 1882. dt is a large species, most resembling certain African Sisypht with similar slender and grotesquely-shaped legs. Tt is like S. guadricollis, Gory, but the colour is different, the legs are still longer, and the middle and hind femora are dilated in the middle. The head and thorax are slightly coppery and the surface rather smooth, with separate hooked sel. Sisyphus morio, sp. n. Niger, supra opacus, minutissime vix perspicue setosus, sat latus ; capite granuloso, antice late bidentato; prothorace transverso, modice convexo, crebre punctato, angulis anticis prominentibus, posticis valde obtusis ; elytris brevibus, granuloso-rugosis, leviter striatis ; pygidio varioloso; corpore subtus nitido, punctato ; femoribus quatuor posterioribus fortiter clavatis, trochanteribus posticis nodosis : ¢, femore postico subtus obtuse dentato, tibia postica valde arcuata, intus tuberculis 6—8 armata. Long. 10-11 mm. ; lat. max. 6-5-7 mm. Hab. N. China: Ai-San, 30 miles W. of Che-foo (J. P. Anderson) ; Shan-hai-kwan (fF. M. Thomson). This is a rather large species, more massive than usual, and clothed only with microscopic, scarcely perceptible sete. It is evidently related very closely to S. denticrus, Fairm., but is much larger, and the tooth to the hind femur of the male is not acute nor directed forward. Drepanocerus runicus, sp. 0. , subopacus, deplanatus, ovatus, prothoracis lateribus elytro- _ rumque apicibus setis nonnullis instructis ; capite rugoso, postice _ breviter 3-carinato, clypeo obtuse bidentato; prothorace sat lato, _ erebre punctato, acute 6-carinato, antice medio foveato ; elytris ctato-striatis, singulo carina dorsali acuta arcuuta, postice tus ducta, instructo : 94 On new Coleoptera from the Oriental Region. dé, pronoto antice bicornuto, cornubus crassis parallelis fere conicalibus : Q, prothoracis carinis duabus externis integris, simplice arcuatis, duabus internis brevibus posticis, duabus intermediis sinuatis antice bifidis. Long. 3-5-4 mm. ; lat. max. 15-2 mm. Hab. Upper Burma: Karen Hills, Asciuit Gheeu, 4200- 4500 feet alt. (ZL. Fea, April 1888). The type is in the British Museum, and there are other specimens of the same series in the Genoa Museum. It isa small, flattened, and rather smooth species, with the sete restricted to the margins of the prothorax and the extremities of the elytra. The clypeus is not deeply emarginate. The pronotum is hollowed at the middle of the anterior half and bears three pairs of sharp and gracefully curved carine, the two inner ones on each side being bisinuous and inter- twined. The elytra, besides the carinate outer margins, bear a pair of curved carine, which are wide apart anteriorly and almost meet at the apex. Rhyparus nilgirensis, sp. n. Rufo-piceus, haud nitidus, antennis flavibus, elongatus, parallelus ; capite sat lato, undique punctato, medio bi-, postice quadri- cristato, clypeo antice recto, angulis acuminatis; prothorace longitudine fere ad latitudinem equali, dense punctato, lateribus antice et medio fortiter dilatatis, carinis duabus medianis postice sat late divergentibus, intermediis ante medium interruptis, externis sinuatis; elytris modice longis, singulo valde et acute quadricostato, interstitiis utrinque grosse seriato-punctatis, costis duabus dorsalibus postice abbreviatis, prominentibus; pygidio medio carinato; metasterno medio fortiter sulcato, lateribus grosse punctatis. Long. 4-5 mm. Hab. Nilgiri Hills, 3500 feet alt. (HZ. L. Andrewes). Mr. Andrewes found several specimens in July 1908, which were attracted to light. This is the only species of this curious genus of Aphodiidz so far known from India, and the smallest known to me in the genus. It resembles PR. gracilis, Arrow, but is less narrow in shape, the anterior angles of the thorax are sharper, and the second carina on each side extends a little beyond the middle. The specimens are of a pitchy-red colour and devoid of the earthy covering frequently present. ¥ E. A. SMITH. Dr VOLUTA IRVIN Ze Gu On Voluta norrisii, V. piperita, §-. HM) X1I.—WNotes on Voluta norrisii, V. piperita, V. sophia, and Description of a new Species. By Epaar A. Samira, [Plate V.} (Published by permission of the Trustees of the British Museum.) Voluta norrist?, Gray (nec auctorum). Voluta norrissii (sic), Gray, Ann. Nat. Hist. vol. i. p. 414 (1838). Voluta piperita, Sowerby, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1844, p. 150; Thes. Conch. vol. i. p. 199, pl. li. fig. 62 (1844); Reeve, Conch. Icon. vol. vi. pl. vii. figs. 16a, 166 (1849). Scapha piperita, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1855, p. 56; List Moll. Brit. Mus. part i. Volutidae, p. 10 (1855). Voluta (Scapha) piperita, Angas, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 51. Voluta (Vespertilio) piperita, Tryon, Man. Conch. vol. iv. p. 87, pl. xxvi. fig. 60; Crosse, J. de Conch. 1871, vol. xix. p. 280. Hab. Woodlark Island (Angas) ; New Georgia, Solomon Islands (J. Brazier, fide Crosse); Rubiana, Solomon Archi- pelago (Petterd). , The original description by Gray of Voluta norrisii appears to have been overlooked by or inaccessible to nearly every writer upon the genus; even Gray himself apparently forgot that he had described a species under that name, for in 1855 he quoted it as of Sowerby. Sowerby did indeed describe a Voluta norristt in 1844, which is the shell that has been always known under that name. It is, however, quite distinct from Gray’s norrisii, which, moreover, is the same as V. piperita of Sowerby. The following is Gray’s descrip- tion :-—“‘ Voluta norrissii [sic !].—Greyish white, very minutely black dotted, with broad, black, wavy, irregular longitudinal streaks, with three bands with paler dots and streaks ; nucleus blunt, upper part slightly crenated; last whorl sub- angular; mouth bright orange, with a white edge to the outer lip. “Inhab. ? Cabinet, Mr. Norris. “Very like Voluta nervosa [sic!], but the shell is minutely black dotted, the longitudinal streaks are broader, and the three dark bands are rather more towards the front of the shell ; the hinder one occupies the whole of the spine [sic], should be ‘ spire] and hinder slope of the last whorl.” On comparing this description with the figures of V. piperita given by Sowerby and Reeve, it will at once be seen to agree perfectly with them—indeed, it must have been based upon the same shell from Mr. Norris’s collection which was 96 Mr. E. A. Smith on described by Sowerby under the name of V. piperita, and at the time was unique. Voluta macgillivray?, Cox*, from Woodlark Island, is a light-coloured variety of the present species, and V. rucker?, Crosse, is also regarded as a highly coloured form. Voluta oblita, nom. nov. Voluta norristi, Sowerby (non Gray), Proc. Zool. Soc. 1844, p. 150; Thes. Conch. vol. i. p. 201, pl. li. fig. 65 ; Reeve, Conch. Icon. vol. vi. pl. vii. tig. 15. Scapha norrisit, Sowb. (non Gray), Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1855, p. 56; List Moll. Brit. Mus. part i. Volutide, p. 10 (1855). Voluta (Vespertilio) norristi, Tryon, Man, Conch. vol. iv. p. 86, pl. xxv. fig. 55. Hab. Depuch Island (Dring); Nichol Bay (Cox) ; Monte- bello Islands (7. H. Haynes) ; Tien Tsin, Flying Foam Passage, and Camden Harbour (Petterd); King George’s Sound (Angas). The last locality is doubtful. This well-known species is the Voluta norrisii of all authors, but not the species described by Gray in 1838 under that name. It is closely related to V.nivosa, Lamarck, but is separable on account of the general tone of its coloration, usually shorter form, usually more strongly spinose coronation of the whorls, and much less distinct lineations on the trans- verse bands. These lines also, asarule, are notso wavy. In the spaces between the lineated zones there is a mottling of brown or olivaceous markings, which does not occur in V. nivost. : If we consider this shell a variety of V. ntvosa, we must then, to be consistent, also unite with it V. sophia, Gray, which, with the exception of the rows of black spots and the white columellar folds, does not present any distinguishing features from the present species. Stull the three forms, judging from the series of specimens which have been examined, are nearly always readily separable and have different geographical ranges. ‘There is, however, a short coronated variety of nivosa which approaches very closely to some forms of oblita. Voluta sophia, Gray. Voluta sophia, Gray, Ann. & Mag, Nat. Hist. 1846, vol. xviii. p. 431; id. in Jukes’s Voy. ‘Fly, vol. ii. p. 355, pl. i. figs. 1, 2 (1847) ; Reeve, Conch. Icon. vol. vi. pl. x. fig. 21 (1849) ; Sowerby, The- saurus Conch. vol. iii. p. 270, pl. eclxi. fig. 182 (1864). Voluta ( Vespertilio) sophia, Tryon, Man. Conch. vol. iy. p. 87, pl. xxv. fig. 59 (1882) ; Crosee, J. de Conch. 1871, vol. xix. p. 279. * Proc. Zool. Soc. 1873, p. 568, pl. xviii. fig. 9. Voluta norrisii, V. piperita, &e. 97 Hab, Endeavour Straits and Port Essington, North Australia ; Warrior Reef and Darnley Island (Petterd). In the Proc. Zool. Soc. 1855, p. 63, and List of Volutidae Brit. Mus. 1855, p. 20, Gray quotes this species as being figured in Stokes’s Voy. in Australia, pl. iil. fig. 1. This certainly is a mistake, which evidently arose from the fact that the surname of the lady after whom the shell was named was Stokes, and this unfortunately was accidentally quoted instead of Jukes. Curiously enough there is a work by J. L. Stokes, ‘ Discoveries in Australia &c.,’ published in 1846, the year in which this species was described, Voluta irvine, sp. n. (Plate V.) Voluta norrisit, var. irvine, Cox, MSS. in litt. Shell oblong, subpiriform, rather ventricose, light salmon- red, with numerous white flecks forming three zones upon the body-whorl—one at the shoulder or upper end, one central, and the third anterior. There are two intermediate zones without white flecks, but marked with numerous longitudinal, irregular, wavy, dark brown lines. The upper zone is the broader, and falls rather above the middle of the whorl. Whorls 6, the first three forming a large nipple-like apex, noduled above ; the penultimate oblique and excavated above, then angled and coronated with about fourteen small short hollow spines ; the body-whorl is also excavated above and has a similar coronation of about twenty spines; it is rounded at the shoulder below the spines; the concavity of these two whorls exhibits numerous radiating dark brown streaks of varying lengths; the anterior end and the fasciole of the body-whorl are marked with fine wavy red lines ; aperture large, whitish within, becoming somewhat orange at the lip ; the band of dark lines forms an obscure zone within at the middle ; labrum not thickened, rather deeply sinuated at the suture ; columellar folds four in number, white, promi- nent; extreme end of columella orange-red. Length 110, diam. 60 mm. ; aperture with the labrum 90 long, diam. 30 mm. Hab. “ From one of the many reefs off Rat Nest Island, off Freemantle in Western Australia” (Dr. J. C. Cow in litt.). This remarkable shell was sent to Mr. J. H. Ponsonby by Dr. Cox, with the request that it might be described and placed in the British Museum. Mr. Ponsonby kindly handed on the specimen to me for examination and description. Its nearest ally is V. nivosa, from which it differs in several characters. It is larger, the spire shorter, and the upper 98 Mr. O. Thomas on new part of the last two whorls is deeply channelled. The tubercles forming the coronation are hollow spines, and far more numerous, almost double the number of the nodosities in nivosa. The ground-colour is salmon-red and the white markings take the form of flecks or splashes rather than of spots and dots. The aperture is large and whiter within, and the columellar folds are white. V. nivosa, V. irvine, V. oblita (=norrist, auct., nec Gray), and V, sophia form a group of species which possess some features in common, namely, the radiating brown lines upon the spire, the coronated whorls, brown or reddish lineation on the anterior fasciole, and two transverse colour-bands, more or less lineated except in V. sophia, and they all exhibit white spotting or mottling upon the rest of the surface of the body-whorl. This is not seen in any of the published figures of V. sophia, but it does occur in some examples, It becomes a question of regarding these four forms as distinct or as local races of one species with a wide geogra- phical range upon the north and west coasts of Australia. V. nivosa and V. irvine are the two most southern forms, occurring off Swan River and as far north as Shark’s Bay ; V. oblita ranges further north, about the Dampier Archipelago, and V. sophia is restricted to the extreme north of the continent. Mr. W. F. Petterd, who does not accord specific rank to norrisit (auct.) and sophia, Gray, has given the distribution of these forms and of V. ntvosa (Journ. of Conch. vol. il. p- 341). XII.—New African small Mammals in the British Museum Collection. By OLDFIELD THOMAS. (Published by permission of the Trustees.) AmonG the following new animals special attention may be directed to the interesting new genus of Muride discovered by Dr. Hinde in the coast region of British East Africa, to the new Taphozous also sent by him from the same district, and to the new Heterocephalus trom Somaliland, in connexion with whose descriptions I have ventured on some speculations about the dental formula in the group. Taphozous hildegardee, sp. n. An African representative of the Asiatic black-bearded T. melanopogon. African small Mammals. 99 Radio-metacarpal pouch distinct. Lower lip scarcely rooved. No gular sac in male or female ; a well-marked blackish beard in the male, covering the whole under surface of the throat. Upper surface pale brown, the bases of the hairs white, their tips chocolate-brown. Lips and chin anterior to the beaid'pale brown. Belly white, a few hairs tipped with brown. Limbs pale brown. Upperside of antebrachial, interfemoral, and wing-membranes near the body also brown, the more distal part of wing-membrane whiter ; underside of all membranes white, as is the fur on the membrane on each side of the body. Lars, feet, and tail about as in 7. melanopogon. Skull as in 7. melanopogon, but rather larger, and the brain-case broader. Dimensions of the type (measured on the spirit-specimen) :— Forearm 70 mm. (another ¢ 67°5,a 9 65°5). Head and body 83; tail 22; ear 20; third finger, meta- carpal 61, first phalanx 21°5, second phalanx 24; lower leg and foot (c. u.) 37°5. Skull: greatest length 21°7; front of canine to back of m* 9°2, Hab. Mombasa district. Type from Rabai, 700’; others from Shimoni, sea-level. Type. Adult male. B.M. no. 9. 6.12.7. Original num- ber 613. Collected and presented by Dr. and Mrs. Hinde. Four specimens. This is a most interesting species, as it represents in Africa the Asiatic black-bearded 7. melanopogon, not known west of India proper. From this it is distinguished by its larger size, the greater extension over the throat of the black beard (more as in 7. theobaldi), and its broader skull. No known African species are at all like it. I have named the species in honour of Mrs. Hinde, who has so ably assisted in her husband’s East-African collecting- work, and who has taken a special interest in bats. Crocidura nanilla, sp. n. Closely allied to C. nana, Dobs., of Somaliland, but even smaller. Colour and proportions about as in that animal. Body slaty above, rather paler below; chin, hands, and feet white. ‘Tail brown above, white below, smooth, finely ringed, well provided with longer bristles. No lateral gland perceptible in a female. Skull smaller and with a shorter brain-case than in C. nana. 100 Mr. O. Thomas on new Teeth more delicate, the concavities on the posterior side of p*, m’, and m? deeper. Dimensions of the ty pe(measured on the spirit-specimen) :-— Head and body 41 mm.; tail 31; hind foot 8:2; ear 6:3. Skull: condylo-incisive length (to front face of incisors) 15 ; greatest breadth 6°8; height of brain-case 3:4; front of incisor to hinder corner of m? 6:2. Hab, Uganda (probably Entebbe). Type. Female in spirit. B.M. no. 9. 7.14.1. Original number 856. Collected by Herr Simon. This species shares with C. nana its exceedingly low flattened brain-case, that of the equally small C. bottegz, Thos., being very markedly higher. The type specimen of C. nanilla has on one side an extra tooth behind the usual unicuspids of Crocidura, aud so may be said to be a Pachyura on one side and a Crocidura on the other. But the extra tooth is abnormal in shape, not like that of Pachyura, and I have therefore disregarded it in allocating the species to its genus. Heliosciurus undulatus dolosus, subsp. n. Colour throughout, as compared with typical undulatus, duller and more smoky, the rusty or tawny replaced by smoky grey-brown. Upper surface dark coarsely grizzled grey, the hairs broadly blackish at base, then dull cream- buff, the narrow subterminal rings white. Under surface dull brownish, with a slight buffy suffusion. Front of arms to wrists and outer side of legs dark grizzled grey like body, inner sides dull brownish rusty ; hands and feet dull grizzled ochraceous. Tail ringed greyish, without (at least at its base) any mixture of rusty, the hairs with 4 or 5 black rings and as many dull whitish ones. . Size apparently as in true urdulatus, but no measurements available. Hab. Mafia Island, off coast of German E. Africa. Type. Adult male. B.M. no. 8.6.19. 8. Collected and’ presented by Stewart Walrond, Esq. This Mafia squirrel is readily distinguishable from true f7. undulatus by its generally darker tone and the replace- ment of the rufous colour by dull brownish. It has, in fact, a great resemblance, especially when viewed from below, to some of the members of the HH. rufobrachiatus group. It may, however, be distinguished from these by the prominent white ticking of the upper surface, the differently coloured is Me « African small Mammals. 101 feet, and by its geographical isolation, the nearest forms of H. rufobrachiatus being H.r. nyanse of Kavirondo, Mount Elgon, &c., and //. r. semlikit ot the Semliki and Entebbe. Helioscturus undulatus daucinus, subsp. n. More rufous throughout than true undulatus. Whole of head of the same vivid rusty colour as the belly, though broken,. by.a few black-tipped subterminally white-ringed hairs. Back strongly suffused with red, the hairs blackish brown for their cam 4 mm. only, then broadly orange-rufous nearly or quite to the subterminal buffy-whitish band, the extreme tips black. Arms and hands completely rusty from elbow and hind limbs from middle of tibiz, the inner side of the latter of rather a deeper red than elsewhere. Tail-hairs, instead of being ringed throughout, with their basal three- “fourths uniform brilliant orange-rufous, succeeded by a black subterminal and a cream-buff terminal band. Skull as in true undulatus. Dimensions of the type :— Hind foot 54 mm. Skull: greatest length 54; condylo-basal length 50; length of upper tooth-row 10°6. Hlab. Mombasa, Brit. E. Africa. Type. Adult male. B.M. no. 80. 11. 30. 3. Collected by Sir John Kirk. This squirrel is readily recognized by its red head and the nearly wholly red hairs of its tail. The Heliosciurus gambianus Group. An earlier name than gambianus is commonly used in connexion with this group of squirrels, namely Desmarest’s Sciurus annulatus. But I am not prepared to accept it as determinable. ‘The description* is not in the least dia- gnostic, no locality is recorded, and the type is no longer in the Paris Museum. S. annulatus may therefore have been any ring-tailed squirrel from any part of the world, and its arbitrary assignation to the present animal is only productive of confusion. It should therefore be set aside as indeter- minable. Of this group the following species at least appear to be recognizable :— * Desm, Mamm. ii. p. 338 (1822), 102 Mr. O. Thomas on new H. gambianus, Og.—General colour sandy fawn, without suffusion of rufous ; underparts white. Hab. W. Africa, Gambia to Nigeria. H. isabellinus, Gray.—General colour darker grizzled grey- brown, a certain buffy suffusion both in the upper and ventral colours. Hab. Angola. Dr. Ansorge obtained at Canhoca, N. Angola, a specimen agreeing closely with Gray’s type of tsabellinus, of which no exact locality had previously been recorded. H. rhodesie, Wrought.*—Clear grizzled grey throughout, with scarcely any yellowish or buffy suffusion; under surface white; tips of tail-hairs prominently white. Hab. Northern Rhodesia and neighbouring parts of S.E. Congo State. H. multicolor, Riipp.—General colour richer and darker than in the western forms. Under surface more or less suffused with rufous, which sometimes covers the whole of the belly, inner side of limbs, and base of tail, and is sometimes restricted to the anal region. Hab. Abyssinia. Allied to this, and, as I consider, subspecies of it, are Neumann’s //. kaffensis and abassensis. H. bongensis, Heugl.—Distinguishable from all other mem- bers of the group by its small size, its skull being conspicuously smaller than in multicolor and its nasals shorter. General colour pale grizzled sandy above, greyer on the sides, white below, the anal region tawny or ochraceous. Had. Bahr-el-Gazal, ranging west- wards to the Shari R. The following four new forms may be described as sub- species of H. multicolor :— Heliosciurus multicolor lateris, subsp. n. General characters of true multicolor, but paler throughout. Colour almost as in H. bongensis, the general tone clear greyish, with but little buffy suffusion. Belly and inner sides of limbs white, no buffy present, not even along the * Funisciurus annulatus rhodesie, Wroughton, Mem, Manchester Soc. li. no. 5, p. 15 (1907). African small Mammals. 103 outer edge of the forearms. Hands and feet greyish, be- coming white terminally, without buffy. Tail ringed black and greyish white, its basal three inches below buffy along the middle line, but the remainder without buffy suffusion, Skull and feet rather smaller than in true multicolor, markedly larger than in bongensts, Dimensions of the type (measured in skin) :— Head and body 240 mm.; tail 240; hind foot (c.) 44. Skull: greatest length 46°5; basilar length 35°5 ; zygo- matic breadth 27; nasals 15°3; length of upper cheek-tooth series 8°6. Hab, Lado. Type. Adult female. B.M. no. 87. 12. 1.35. Collected 16th February, 1884, and presented by Dr. Emin Pasha. This is evidently a desert-squirrel, distinguished from true H. multicolor by its paler colour and from LH. bongensis by its larger size. Heliosciurus multicolor elegans, subsp. n. External appearance quite as in pale, not strongly buffy, examples of true Abyssinian multicolor, although the inter- mediate forms kaffensis, abassensis, and omensis are so different. Upper surface grizzled grey, lightly suffused with buffy ; under surface dull whitish ; ears, edges of forearms, upper surface of hands and feet, and anal region buffy. ‘l'ail-hairs with the light rings strongly buffy proximally, buffy white terminally. Skull markedly larger than in any other member of the group, the brain-case long and narrow; forehead flat; post- orbital processes widely expanded; teeth rather small in proportion. Dimensions of type :— Hind foot 48 mm. Skull: greatest length 50°5; basilar length 39; zygo- matic breadth 29°5; nasals 15°5 ; upper cheek-tooth series 9-2. Hab. Mt. Elgon, British E. Africa. Type. Adult female. B.M. no. 93. 2. 3. 12. Original number 5. Collected February 1890, and presented by F. J. Jackson, Esq. Considering how different in appearance the forms are which occur between this and the true multicolor, it is curious how like it is to that animal ; but its elongate skull, with long brain-case and squarely expanded postorbital processes, will readily distinguish it. Prof. Neumann obtained what is no doubt the same squirrel in Ussoga and Kibwezi. 104 Mr. O. Thomas on new Hleliosciurus multicolor omensis, subsp. n. General intensity of colour about as in true multicolor, but the buffy suffusion reduced on the upper surface and quite absent from the lower surface and limbs. Belly greyish white, a prominent pure white patch on the chest. Poste- rior flanks, hips, and hind legs markedly greyer than the back. Hands and feet grizzled grey, not buffy, darker than in J. m. later’s, and not lightening terminally as in that form. ‘ail- hairs throughout ringed with black and buffy, the tips promi- nently pure : white. Skull much as in true multicolor, that of the type unusually broad. Dimensions of the type (measured in skin) :— Head and body 225 mm. ; hind foot 44. Skull: greatest length 48; basilar length 36°5; zygo- matic breadth 29°7; length of upper cheek-tooth series 10. Hab. Region of the Lower Omo. Type from Kum Din- gani, just east of the north end of Lake Rudolph. Type. Old female. B.M. no. 6. 11. 1. 24. Original number 118. Collected 24th July, 1905, by Ph. Zaphiro, and presented by W. N. McMillan, Esq. The suppression of the buffy colouring from the body and limbs, with its retention on the tail-hairs, distinguish this form from its nearest allies ; in the Lado /atervs it is suppressed throughout. H. m. kaffensis, Neum., geographically adjacent, is a strongly coloured form, with buffy-ochraceous feet. . m. abassensis, Neum., is darker both above and below, has a darker muzzle, the hips little greyer than the back, the hands and feet dull buffy, and the light tips to the tail-hairs are less conspicuous. I owe to the kindness of Profs. Matschie and Neumann the opportunity of examining typical examples of the two squirrels described by the latter. Hleliosciurus multicolor cenosus, subsp. n. General colour darker grey than in multicolor and without the buffy suffusion. Under surface dull soiled whitish brown, the belly not conspicuously lighter than the sides, and even the chest but little lighter. Hands and feet greyish buffy, the outer side of the forearms conspicuously buffy. Tail dark grizzled grey, without buffy suffusion, the tips of the hairs of the same dull whitish as their light rings. Skull as in multicolor. African small Mammals. 105 Dimensions of the type (measured in the flesh) :— Head and body 283 mm. ; tail 283; hind foot 47. Skull: greatest length 50; zygomatic breadth 30; length of upper cheek-tooth series 9. Hab. R.Ubanghi. Type from the Roman Catholic Mission situated at 19°30’ E. on the Ubanghi ; another specimen from Koango, a little higher up the river. Type. Old female. B.M. no. 7. 7. 8. 83. Original num- ber 34. Collected 7th November, 1905, by Capt. Boyd Alex- ander, and presented by the Alexander-Gosling Expedition. In this form buffy is present on the feet and not on the tail, the converse of the case in subsp. omensis. The general colour is much darker than in laters, and the muddy-coloured belly is also distinctive. Paraxerus jacksoni capitis, subsp. n. Similar to true yacksoni, but colour paler and more greyish green on the body, and on the extremities ochraceous replaced by buffy, and buff by whitish, General colour above pale greyish olivaceous, indistinct light flank-lines generally perceptible. Under surface soiled whitish or creamy white, the corresponding part in true jacksont cream-buff or buff. Upper surface of hands and feet yellowish buff instead of ochraceous buff. Tail with the terminal rings, when un- bleached, similarly yellowish, as compared with ochraceous, buff. Skull as in true jacksont. Dimensions of the type (measured in flesh) :— Head and body 180 mm. ; tail (broken, in another specimen of similar size 187) ; hind foot 41; ear 21. Skull: greatest length 43; condylo-basal length 40; upper tooth-row exclusive of p® 7. Hab. Nairobi Forest, British East Africa. Alt. 5600’. Type. Old female. B.M. no. 0.2.1. 11. Collected 19th July, 1899, by Prof. H. J. Mackinder. Fourteen specimens examined, The considerable number of squirrels hitherto referred to P. jacksoni proves to be readily divisible into two sets according to the intensity of the buffy or ochraceous suffused through their general colour, and on their under surfaces, feet, and tail. Specimens from Munisu and Smara, to the north and eastward of Kenia, agree precisely with the type in these respects, while the Nairobi series are all of the paler and more yellowish character above described. It is to be noticed that in this animal, as in P. aruscensis, Ann. & Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 8. Vol. iv. 8 106 Mr. O. Thomas on new considerable bleaching takes place, especially on the tail, so that old hairs of jacksoni may have the colour of those of fresh capitis, while in the latter again the yellowish rings may bleach nearly to white. Paraxerus ochraceus, Huet. This species is characterized by having an indistinct whitish line on the flanks and by its under surface (especially its throat) being whitish, as compared with the entire absence of a flank-line and the buffy or ochraceous under surface of P. aruscensis and its allies. The type came from Bagamoyo, and to the typical race I assign a specimen from Mrogoro, Usagara, about 100 kilo- metres inland, which was obtained and presented by Emin Pasha. This specimen has the yellowish-ochre tinge on the back and the “ jaune d’ocre pur” on the upper surface of the feet described in the type, and Mrogoro is so near Bagamoyo and on the trade-route to the interior (so that the type may even have been brought from Mrogoro) that I have no hesi- tation in making this reference, even though the next form comes from a locality that, like Bagamoyo, is on the coast. The latter does not, however, agree nearly so well with Huet’s description. Paraxerus ochraceus salutans, subsp. n. Like true ochraceus in general characters, but the colour above more olivaceous, the yellowish reduced throughout. Hands and feet dull grey, mixed buffy or ochraceous buffy, not the clear rich ochraceous found in the typical form. Throat and chest pale buffy whitish. Tail-hairs tipped with buffy. Skull and teeth rather larger than in true ochraceus. Dimensions of type (measured in skin) :— Head and body 172 mm.; tail 158; hind foot (wet) 38; ear (wet) 15. Skull: greatest length 40°5 ; condylo-basal length 36:3; upper tooth-series exclusive of p* 6°2. Hab. Dar-es-Salaam, coast of German East Africa. Type. Adult male. B.M. no. 79.11. 12.10. Collected by Sir John Kirk. Two specimens. Paraxerus ochraceus electus, subsp. n. General colour of the same rather greyish olivaceous as in P. o. salutans, but the grizzling far finer, owing to the light African small Mammals. 107 rings on the dorsal hairs being about 1°2 mm. in breadth as compared with about 1°8 mm. in that animal and in the typical ochraceus. Light lateral stripes barely perceptible. Throat whitish. Feet of same greyish buff as in salutans. ‘Tail- — tipped with whitish or creamy instead of ochraceous uff. Skull and teeth as in P. 0. salutans. Dimensions of the type :— Hind foot 38 mm. Skull: greatest length 38:3; condylo-basal length 35°6 ; upper tooth-row, exclusive of p*, 6°5. Hab. Elgeyo, Brit. E. Africa. Type. Adult male. B.M. no. 99. 8. 4. 58. Collected Ist August, 1896, and presented by F. J. Jackson, Esq., C.B. This inland form has but little trace of the light lateral band characteristic of P. ochraceus, but its whitish throat shows its relationship to be with that species rather than with P. aruscensis. It may be noticed that in the closely allied unstriped species P. aruscensis, Pag., there is a distinct seasonal change of colour, specimens killed February to April being a much greyer colour than those killed in the latter half of the year. A specimen from Mt. Elgon killed in February agrees in every detail with some from near Mombasa killed at the same date, while others from the latter region killed in July are as dark in colour as August specimens from Kilimanjaro. The change is probably due rather to the bleaching of the ochraceous ends of the hairs towards whitish than to any real difference in the colour of the hairs when first erupted. The variation in the size of the teeth, especially of p‘, in these squirrels is very noticeable. It seems to be partly individual, and partly due to age, the oblique wearing of the teeth causing them to appear of much greater diameter in old specimens. BEAMYS, gen. nov. External characters murine. Claws smal]. Feet short. of medium length, practically naked, very finely ringed. Skull in general outline somewhat like that of Saccostomus, bat very different in details. Supraorbital edges square, not ridged. Anterior zygomatic plate scarcely Festlonel its front edge slanting. Palatal foramina short and narrow, their posterior end barely behind the level of the front edge of the zygomatic plates; in Saccostomus the latter comes opposite the middle of the foramina. Posterior edge of palate S* 108 Mr. O. Thomas on new close behind back of m®, the mesopterygoid fossa broad. Bulle rather small. Incisors of medium development, their front surface flat, ungrooved. Molars, so far as the enumeration of cusps is concerned, as in Saccostomus and other Dendromyine, with the important exception that the postero-internal cusp of m* (the w cusp) found in certain genera of Murine—e. g. Tham- nomys—is here also present, the cusp-formula of the three laminee of m’ being therefore the unique one of 2.3.3, Mus having 3.3.2, Thamnomys 3.3.3, ordinary Dendromyine 2 oe: Individually the teeth are highly cuspidate, the cusps well separated and distinct. On both m* and m? the postero- internal and postero-external cusps are united to each other by an enamel ridge passing round behind the main middle posterior cusp. JZ? consists of two simple distinct trans- verse lamine. Below, the teeth have well-developed supplementary external ridges, and both m, and mz, have distinct median posterior supplementary cusps. This genus is readily distinguished by the above characters from any previously described. Its possession of only two cusps on the anterior lamina of m* separates it from the great mass of African Muride, which have three, while from those which have two it is equally distinguished by having three cusps on the third lamina. Its general characters are also quite distinctive, and it is not easy to say to which of the older known genera it is most nearly allied. Perhaps Saccostomus is the nearest, but the differences are so great that the alliance is very remote. Externally the animal may be at once recognized by its curious naked white-tipped tail of medium length, neither shortened as in Saccostomus, Steatomys, and Malacothriz, nor lengthened as in other members of the group. The feet are particularly short, and therein contrast with those of Deomys and other aberrant African genera. Beamys hindeit, sp. n. Size that of a medium Mus. Fur soft and fine ; hairs of back about 10 mm. in length. General colour, so far as can be made out on a spirit-specimen, very much that of Sacco- stomus campestris, uniform greyish or greyish brown above, pure white below. Lars not large, laid forward, in a spirit- specimen, they only just reach the posterior canthus of the eye, rounded, almost naked, greyish. African small Mammals. 109 Forearms, hands, and feet white. Claws, both fore and hind, small; pollex with a nail; soles naked, with six pro- minent pads; fifth hind toe, without claw, reaching to the end of the first phalanx of the fourth. Tail about as long as the head and body, very peculiar in shape and structure ; its top, sides, and under surface flattened, with sharp edges, its lower side broader than its upper, so that its section is like that of a truncated pyramid. Basal half-inch hairy like the body, the remainder practically naked, the few fine bairs not hiding the skin ; dermal rings excessively fine, 22-24 to the centimetre in the middle of the tail, not divided into separate scales, but apparently simple transverse folds in the skin. In colour the tail is grey basally and white terminally, the two passing into each other by a series of coarse mottlings, the grey predominating on two-thirds of the upper and one- third of the lower surface. Mamma 2—2=8. Dimensions of the type (measured on the spirit-specimen) :— Head and body 106 mm.; tail 100; hind foot 20:7; ear 16. Skull: greatest length 33; basilar length 26°5; zygo- matic breadth 15°5; nasals 11°2; interorbital breadth 4°9 ; palatilar length 15°2; diastema 10°5; palatal foramina 4°7 ; upper molar series 5:1. Hab, Taveta, Coast region, British East Africa. Alt. 2000’. Type. Subadult female. B.M. no. 9.6. 12.23. Original number 615. Collected 26 June, 1908, and presented by Dr. 8. L. Hinde. This interesting animal forms a striking addition to the many mammalian discoveries made by Dr. and Mrs. Hinde in British East Africa. Their continued help has been of vital service tothe National Museum, and the finding of sucha distinct new genus is a fitting reward for the benefits they have rendered to us. Heterocephalus dunni, sp. n. Size about as in H. glaber. External characters about as usual, the tail rather short in proportion. Skull with the muzzle very large in proportion to the size of the brain-case, to support the large incisors. Nasals broad, little narrowed behind. Zygomata thick and very boldly expanded, as much anteriorly as posteriorly, so that each zygoma forms a segment of a circle, instead of their being far more expanded behind than in front. Lower jaw with short low coronoid, as in phillipsi, 110 Mr. O. Thomas on new Incisors enormously thick and large, far heavier than in any other member of the group. Cheek-teeth three in number above and below, as in glaber, but very small, as in phillips ; the posterior one much the smallest. Dimensions of the type (very old), measured in the flesh :— Head and body 115 mm.; tail 85; hind foot 18. Skull: condylo-basal length 23; condyle to incisor-tip 26 ; greatest breadth 18°5; nasals 7°55; intertemporal breadth 5°5; greatest mastoid breadth 12°5; combined breadth of upper incisors 3°0; diastema 7:7; palatilar length 11:3 ; length of upper tooth-series 2°9. Hab. Wardairi, Central Somaliland. Type. Aged female. B.M. no. 4. 5. 9. 23. Original number 141. Collected 31 January, 1904, and presented by Maj. H. N. Dunn, R.A.M.C. ‘This species is based on the specimen referred in 1904*, with great doubt, to Fornarina phillipst, of which it was thought it might be a very old individual, with the incisors enormously developed, and three cheek-teeth present—either as an abnormality or the last tooth erupted in old age. But additional specimens of /7. glaber, immature and old, since received from Dr. Drake-Brockman, show that no such development of the incisors occurs in old age in that animal, and I am now convinced that the present form is quite distinct. H. dunni is of special interest, as with the dental formula of Heterocephalus glaber it has the low coronoid process and small-sized cheek-teeth of Fornarina phillipsi, and is therefore intermediate between the two, Younger specimens will, however, be needed before a decided opinion can be expressed as to its general position and the bearing its characters have on the distinction of Fornarina from Heterocephalus. I may take this opportunity to express an opinion about the homologies of the teeth of Heterocephalus and the allied genera forming the family Bathyergide, a matter of great interest, but of extreme difficulty, owing to the way in which the teeth succeed each other, and their resemblance inter se, so that homologization by form is not possible. The key to the situation is clearly the genus Heliophobius, in which the full dentition consists of no less than six teeth, t.e.P.2.3.4, M.1.2.3. All six are, however, almost * Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) xiv. p. 104 (1904). African small Mammals. lll never found in place in a skull, owing to the falling out of the anterior ones before the posterior ones come up, so that not a single skull in the considerable Museum collection has six teeth, the best specimen (No. 90. 6, 8. 30) having five and an empty alveolus behind in which the sixth was to be developed. But it is not clear that this sixth tooth (m*) is always developed, and I therefore argue that it is the first tooth of the set to be suppressed, all the more that its situation on the root of the great incisors reduces its freedom of development and use. Next to this it might be argued, for the same reason, that m? had disappeared ; but I prefer to con- sider, although without real proot, that p* is the next to be suppressed, as in quite young specimens, with unworn teeth, it is smaller than the one next it, while in equally young Georychus the two anterior teeth are practically equal in size. From this, therefore, cutting off a tooth at each end of the series, it would follow that in the 4-toothed members of the family, Georychus aud Bathyergus, the formula is P. 3.4, mi Ps 2. Then in Georychus, of its four teeth, it is always the last which is the smallest, and this is situated quite on the large incisor-root, so that there seems no doubt that it is this tooth, m’®, which is the next to disappear, leaving the three-tooth formula of Heterocephalus as P. 3.4, M. 1. And then again, for the same reasons and even more indubitably, it is the last of these, m 1, which disappears to leave the extremely specialized reduced formula of Fornarina phillipsi*: P.3.4, M. 0. It is therefore interesting to notice that while Fornarina shares with Hydromys the extreme reduction to two cheek- teeth, these are not homologous, those of Fornarina being P. 3.4, and of Hydromys M. 1. 2. Put into tabular form the tooth-formulz of the group would be as follows :— Heliophobius: 1. ¢, P. 3-4, M. EES x 2=28, Boies} Ly Reh MES x 2=20. Heterocephalus : 1, P. = M.+ x 2=16 Fornarina : 1.4, P. 4 x: B= 12. * One more recently received specimen of pAillipsi has a small third tooth above, i. e. m', a fact which, in conjunction with the annectant characters of H. dunni, makes the validity of the genus Fornarina very doubtful. 112 On a new Gibbon from Annam. These suggestions about the homologies are of necessity only provisional, and are quite likely to be modified when a microscopical study of embryonic specimens of the group indicates with certainty which teeth have rudimentary milk- predecessors, no functional milk-teeth having as yet been observed. XIUL.—A new Gibbon from Annam. By OLDFIELD THOMAS. (Published by permission of the Trustees of the British Museum.) AMONG the collections which have been obtained in recent years in Annam by Dr. and Mrs. Vassal there occurs a Gibbon which appears to be quite distinct from any pre- viously described. I propose to name it in honour of Mrs. Vassal, to whose help much of her husband’s success in obtaining interesting animals has been due. Hylobates gabrielle, sp. n. A black species without light frontal band, but with a conspicuous buffy gular patch. General colour as in H. leucogenys, Ogilb.*, the ground- colour similarly deep black, but instead of the light throat and whisker-mark being white and extending up on each side to the level of the eyes, it is deep yellowish buffy and barely rises on each side above the angle of the mouth. Its hairs are soft and woolly, instead of being so stiff as to form a definite outstanding fringe ; it is broader below, and, passing under the throat, entirely isolates the black chin from the black of the cheeks and chest. Skull larger than that of H. agilis, H. lar, and other Gibbons in the Museum Collection, which, however, does not - contain the skull of H. leucogenys. In fact the skull of H. gabrielle is almost as large as that of a Siamang. In shape it is most like that of H. leuctscus, but the temporal constriction is deeper and the orbits more outstanding. Skull-dimensions (those of the skin being of no value) :— Greatest length 116 mm.; basal length 83; zygomatic breadth 76; breadth across outside orbits 66°5 ; breadth of * Figured by Sclater, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 680, pl. Ixx. Dr. M. Burr—Notes on the Forficularia. 113 brain-case 65; greatest mastoid breadth 73 ; palate length 45 ; length of upper premolar-molar series 27°2. Hab, Lang-Bian, near Nha-trang, Annam. Alt. 1500’. Type. Adult male. B.M. no, 8. 11. 1. 1. Collected 10th June, 1908, by Dr. Vassal. This striking Gibbon seems to be only related to the I, leucogenys of Siam, and from that may be distinguished by the yellow throat and cheek-patch and other characters above mentioned. XIV.—Notes on the Forficularia—XVII. On new Species, a new Genus, and new Synonymy. By Matcotm Burr, D.Sce., F.E.S. THE material for the following notes is taken from various sources. ‘l'wo new species, one requiring a new genus, were taken in Central Africa by the expedition of Adolph Friedrich, Archduke zu Mecklenburg ; these form part of the material obtained on this expedition, communicated to me for deter- mination by Dr. H. Schubotz. The full account of the collection will be eventually published in the ‘ Ergebnisse’ of the Expedition. Psalis cincticollis, Gerst. Brachylabis cincticollis, Gerst. (1883) p. 44. Anisolabis cincticollis, Borm. (1900') p, 43; Kirby, (1904) p. 19. Psalis cincticollis, Burr, (1902*) pp. 265 & 257. Psalis? picina, Kirby, (1891) p. at Psalis picina, Borm. (1900") p. 88; Kirby, (1904) p. 14 (nee Borelli). ? Forficula rufescens, Pal.-Beauy. (1805) p. 35, Orth, pl. i. fig. 2. ? Forficesila rufescens, Sery. (1839) p. 24. Pronotum postice vix ampliatum, fere parallelum ; antennw forti- ores ; segmentis haud clavatis, subcylindricis, 3 sub-brevi, 4 et 5 quam 3 brevioribus, colore fusco-castaneo; elytra et ale longa, fusco-fulva ; pedes fulvi; forceps ¢ asymetricus. Adult. Nymph. d. 2. d. e Long. corporis... 12-135mm. 10-llmm. 15mm. 185-19 mm. » forcipis .. en a ye 2°75-3 ,, Of medium size. General colour deep blackish chestnut. Antenne with 20 segments, dark brown; segments 1 and 2 orange, and one or two apical segments white; basal 114 Dr. M. Burr—Notes on the Forficularia. segment rather long; third cylindrical, about half as long as the first; fourth about $ as long as third, that is, half as long again as broad; fifth a little longer than fourth; sixth and seventh about as long as third, the rest gradually lengthening, the segments near the apex being a little longer than third ; all the segments are cylindrical or subcylindrical. Head rather tumid, smooth, deep orange or reddish; sutures not very distinct; eyes prominent. Pronotum rather narrow, a little longer than broad, widened posteriorly, a little shade narrower than the head and distinctly longer than broad ; deep chestnut in the centre, shading to fulvous behind and at the sides ; median sulcus distinct, prozona feebly tumid. Elytra ample, smooth, about twice as long as the pronotum, varying from dull dirty yellow to black, with a more or less distinct orange spot at the shoulder. Wings prominent, yellow, almost the whole of the disk occupied by a large dark chestnut or black spot. Feet orange ; femora rather short; tarsi rather long. Abdomen deep chestnut to nearly black ; somewhat dilated, very slightly narrowed at the apex in the @, decidedly so in the 2; glandular folds obsolete; sides of segments 5-9 in g acute, finely punctulate. Last dorsal segment g ample, transverse, rectangular, with a strong median depression; with a sharp depressed carina along each side; posterior margin truncate, slightly tumid over the roots of the forceps; in 2 narrowed, the lateral keels obsolete. Penultimate ventral segment ¢ ample, rounded; in 2 more broadly rounded. Pygidium ¢ ? hidden. Forceps with the branches in the ¢ stout, subremote, trigonal, straight in basal half, tapering abruptly about the middle, then arcuate and slightly upturned, the right branch a little more strongly hooked than the left ; in ¢ bluntly trigonal, contiguous and straight, gently curved at the apex. Nymph. The nymph is very different in appearance; the colour appears to be generally darker, the pronotum less widened posteriorly ; the elytra are free, about half as long as the pronotum, and expose a triangular patch of the meso- notum like a scutellum at the anal angle; they are abruptly truncate, and the yellowish shoulder-spot is indicated; the metanotum is somewhat dilated prior to the unfolding of the wings, yellowish in colour, the posterior margin deeply Dr. M. Burr—Notes on the Forficularia. 115 -sinuate ; the abdomen is formed as in the adult and in the ¢ shows the acute sides of the fifth to ninth segments ; the last dorsal segments are formed as in the adult. West Africa: Victoria (Gerstaecker); Gambia (Kirby) ; Congo, Stanley Pool (c.m.); Liberia (c.m.) ; Upper Congo, Mawauliin March (Schubotz) ; “ Lacéte occidentale d’Afrique” (Mus. Hope, Oxford), Gerstaecker’s type of Brachylahis cincticollis has been kindly lent me by Dr. Mueller of Greifswald, and is discussed by me in a previous paper (1909’) pp. 255 & 257. The specimen is a female, and as the elytra are short but free it seemed to be adult. Further material from the Upper Congo agrees perfectly with the type and shows the sexual characters well ; but the inflated appearance of the metanotum suggests immaturity, and a comparison with undoubted specimens of Psalis picina, Kirby, shows no true specific distinctions. ‘True, the latter is somewhat smaller, but the material which I have examined is old and dry and the abdomen shrunken, while the additional specimens are fresh; from Liberia [ have received both forms together, and now there remains no doubt whatever in my mind that Psalis picina of Kirby is the adult of Brachylabis cincticollis of Gerstaecker ; the latter name has the prior right, and consequently must stand. Very probably Forficula rufescens of Palisot de Beauvais is the same thing. The colour varies considerably ; the two adult males in the Hope Collection are of varying shades of dirty yellow; a fresh female from Liberia is almost black. Eparchus cruentatus, sp. n. Opisthocosmia forcipata, var., Burr (nec Haan), (1897*) p. 316; (1899*) p. 260; Borm. (1900*) p. 95. Statura minore, gracili; colore nigro, capite pronotoque rubris, elytris alisque rufo-fuscis, pedibus testaceis: forcipis bracchia ¢ basi subcontigua, gracilia, subrecta, parallela, in tertia parte longitudinis supra dente verticali forti armata; dehine ovato- arcuata, margine interno dente forti acuto armata; @Q typica. 3. ‘ Long. corporis ...... 75-9 mm. 8-9 mm. ie TORO so ae ae a5 General colour dull black or reddish black, feet testaceous. Head brick-red, smooth, sutures not visible, two very small depressions between the eyes. 116 Dr. M. Burr—Notes on the Forficularia. Antenne with 12-13 segments, dull blackish, with seg- ments 9 and 10 whitish. Pronotum brick-red, as wide as the head, subquadrate, the anterior border truncate, sides parallel, hinder margin and angles rounded, blackish brown, the sides paler. Elytra ample, dark reddish brown, smooth. Wings ample, with yellowish suture. Feet testaceous, bright or brownish yellow, the tibiz sometimes darker. Abdomen distinctly dilated about the middle, especially in the g, and strongly attenuated apically; lateral pliciform tubercles very strong, black ; colour dark reddish brown or blackish. Last dorsal segment ¢ 2 strongly narrowed apically and sloping, the hinder border with two obtuse small tubercles and a faint median depression, the border itself somewhat strengthened. Penultimate ventral segment ample, rounded, covering the ultimate segment. Pygidium not visible. Forceps with the branches g subcontiguous at the base, rounded, almost straight and contiguous for two-thirds their length, then arcuate, including an oval area; at the end of the first third the branches, seen from the side, are bent upwards and armed at this point with a very strong and sharp vertical tooth ; at the second third, at the beginning of the oval area, armed on the inner side with a stout and sharp tooth. In the @ typical of the genus, simple, straight, slender, and unarmed. Lombok: Sambalun, 4000 feet, April 1896, and Sapit, 2000 feet, March 1896 (Fruhstorfer, c.m.). Sangir (Do- herty, c. m.). This species was formerly regarded by de Bormans and myself as a variety of EZ. forcipatus, Haan, with which it has no relation. The brick-red head and pronotum are very distinctive, but this may not be a constant feature. The strong vertical spine of the forceps distinguishes it from the allied 2. burr¢. The apically decidedly arcuate forceps separate it from L. tenellus. These three species are probably local races of one “ super- species,’ but the differences appear to be quite constant. Hypurgus kuhlgatzt, sp. n. Hypurgus, sp. n., Burr, (1907°) p. 487. Colore fusco-castaneo; ale abbreviate; abdomen segmentis 5-9 Dr. M. Burr—Notes on the Forficularia. 117 lateribus acute reflexis ; forcipis bracchia ¢ basi haud contigua, divergentia, ante apicem arcuata, intus dentata. ¢ 2. cd. ° Long. corporis.... 11:5 mm, 10°5 mm. » fraps. 8S',, Size medium; colour dull brown, dark chestnut or blackish. Antenne with about 10 segments, all long and slender, brown. Head smooth, brown to black. Pronotum subquadrate, truncate anteriorly, sides sub- convex, and slightly rounded posteriorly, depressed, sides reflexed, dark brown, the sides paler. Sternal plates yellowish, narrow ; metasternum very short, smooth, dull yellowish brown, indistinctly banded with darker on each side. Wings abbreviated. Feet slender, yellowish brown. Abdomen ¢ narrow at the base, then steadily dilated to the sixth segment, which is the broadest, then narrowed towards the apex. ‘The sides of all the segments are convex in g, but the fifth to eighth are decidedly sharp, depressed, almost carinate, the ninth almost hidden by theeighth. The ? is very gently dilated before the apex and then attenuate, the sides simple. Last dorsal segment ¢ smooth, slightly wider than broad, posterior margin gently convex; in 2 simple, narrow, and sloping. Penultimate ventral segment ¢ very short and broad, slightly convex, exposing the last; in 9 narrowed. Pygidium ¢ a minute compressed tubercle, in 9 hidden. Forceps with the branches cylindrical; in 2 subcon- tiguous at the base, smooth, and steadily diverging for about two-thirds their length, then bent upwards and boldly arched inwards, the points attenuate and meeting; before tle apex there is a strong tooth on the inner margin and one (or more ?) feebler ones. ts ? single, slender, contiguous, and straight. 3 f. Africa: Togo (1 9, Conradt, in c.m.; 1 ?, Deutsch. Ent.Nat. Mus.) ; Togo, Bismarkburg, 23/iii./93, 1 g,1 ¢, in c.m. and Mus. Berl.) ; Kamerun (1 9, Deutsch. Ent. Nat. Mus.). This species is named in honour of my friend Dr. Kuhl- at formerly assistant in the Zoological Museum of erlin. It is the species of which the female is referred to in an earlier paper (Burr (1907")), where the fourth antennal segment 118 Dr. M. Burr—WNotes on the Forficularia. is described as being a little shorter than the third. The additional material shows that this is not the case. Opisthocosmia nieuwenhuist, sp. n. Statura minore, gracili; fusco-castanea, pronoto albo-limbato; for- cipis bracchia ¢ basi valde remota, basi ipso sat fortia, diver- gentia in tertia parte basali, gracilia, elongata, arcuata, apicem versus fere recta; margine interna denticulata; apice ipso incurva. o¢. Q ignota. Sic Long: corporis... S49 i%: . ) Simm. Sy AREGECIPNS ¢ Tete bolo w ote. ee Rather small, of slender build; general colour dark chestnut. . Antenne (six segments remain) brown, rather thick ; third segment short and fourth half as long again, fifth twice as long as the third. Head dark, blackish chestnut, smooth, sutures indistinct. Pronotum dark chestnut, the sides white, slightly wider than long, truncate anteriorly; the sides gently rounded, posterior margin widely rounded. Metasternal lobe narrow, scarcely wider than long. Elytra ample, long, smooth, well rounded at the shoulders, dull reddish brown. Wings long, brown, with a yellow band along the suture. Feet yellowish, not very long, first tarsal segment above half as long again as the third. | Abdomen deep chestnut-brown ; each segment blackish at its base, rather coarsely punctulate. Last dorsal segment with a pair of compressed tubercles at each angle, very broad; posterior margin somewhat rounded and flattened between the tubercles at the exterior angles, this flattened part with three rather tumid elevations. Pygidium very short, broad, obtuse. Forceps with branches very remote at base, rather thick at the base itself, but attenuate and slender for the rest of their length, diverging at first and strongly arcuate in the basal third, then gradually approaching, meeting about the apical third, and straight, the apices curved in; there are two or three small but sharp teeth on the inner margin before the branches meet. @. 2 unknown. Borneo: Mahakhair (leg. Dr. Niewwenhuis, 1894, and 1 3g in Mus. Leyden.). Somewhat resembles ). sansibaricus, but considerably Dr. M. Burr—Notes on the Forficularia. 119 smaller and distinguishable by the generic characters; the forceps are of the same type, but differ in detail. Placed provisionally in this genus. Forficula riffensis, sp. n. Statura majore et robusta; pronotum subeque latum ac longum; elytra nigra ; ale breves, fulve; pygidium breve, latum, apice * truncatum ; forcipis bracchia per dimidium longitudinis dilatata, hac parte angulo recto terminata. ¢. Q ignota. Long. corporis ...... 14-165 mm. 39 fOFCIPIB. 20. s00 5-10°5 Of large size and powerful build. Antenne with 11 segments ; third rather short, subclavate, fourth almost as long as third, fifth and rest longer than third ; cylindrical, grey-brown. Head large, smooth, tumid ; sutures visible, but faint, deep red, shading to blackish in the middle. Pronotum about as broad as long; anterior border and sides quite straight, posterior margin well rounded, reddish chestnut. Elytra broad, truncate apically, smooth, barely twice as long as the pronotum ; dull black, with a small ill-defined reddish spot at the shoulders themselves (this is sometimes obsolete). Wings short, scarcely protruding, yellow. Feet yellowish. Abdomen deep blackish red, very finely punctulate. Last dorsal segment short and very broad, posterior margin truncate, with two convex, tumid, depressed elevations in the middle. Pygidium very short, broad, rectangular, truncate. Forceps with the branches stout, depressed, red-brown, finely pitted, unarmed ; inner margin dilated and depressed through about half their length, the edge straight and finely crenulate, ending not in a tooth but in a right angle, beyond which, attenuate, smooth, and arcuate. Maroceo (3 ¢ inc. m.). I received three males, two macrolabia and one cyclolabia, of this fine species from Messrs. Staudinger and Bang-Haas, labelled ‘* Marokko.” The short yellow wings and smooth elytra make a good contrast, and it is easily recognizable. It difters from /’. ruficollis in the square pronotum, longer dilation of the forceps, and colour. It is more closely allied to /. tomis and F. robusta, but be] ~s_ 120 Dr. M. Burr— Notes on the Forficularia. differs from both in colour and in the quadrate pygidium (obtuse in F. tomis and F. robusta). The forceps are almost the same as in these two species. Forficula iynota, sp. n. Statura mediocri; colore rufo et castaneo; pygidium elongatum, apice truncatum; pronotum sublatius quam longius; forcipis bracchia subrecta, elongata, margine interno prope basin per quartam partem longitudinis laminato, hae parte dente acuto terminata, ¢. 9 ignota. 3 . due Aeorperis . ee. -€ 11°5 mm. gy EGLO 4 his eee 9-5... Of medium size; general colour red and chestnut. Antenne reddish brown; eight segments remain, the first clubbed and relatively short, fourth nearly as long as the third, fifth a little longer than the third, all cylindrical. Head clear brick-red, tumid, smooth, the sutures indistinct. Pronotum slightly broader than long, sides and anterior margin quite straight, posterior margin gently rounded, reddish chestnut. Elytra ample, quite smooth, yellowish brown. Wings prominent, yellowish brown, Feet reddish chestnut ; tarsi paler, slender. Abdomen deep claret-red, densely and very finely punctu- late, lateral tubercles very distinct. Last dorsal segment transverse, more coarsely punctulate, with smooth patches, deep red, the posterior margins and angles black; posterior margin truncate, with a median depression, with tumid sides. Last ventral segment rounded. Pygidium prominent, more than twice as long as broad, slightly constricted before the apex, which is truncate. Forceps with the branches elongate, nearly straight, depressed only near the base, the inner margin in the basal quarter depressed, with a laminate sharp plate with straight, finely denticulate edge, terminating abruptly in an acute- angled sharp tooth; beyond this the branches are elongate, unarmed, smooth and very gently arcuate. ? South Europe (C. D. £. Fortnam ; type, 1 g in Mus. Hope, Oxon.). This only specimen which I have seen is a single male in the Hope Museum labelled “ C. D. E. Fortnam 1876, ?S. Kur.” It is a very distinct species, well characterized by the form + Dr. M. Burr— Notes on the Forficularia. 121 of the prominent pygidium ; the pronotum is scarcely wider than long; in coloration and general form, except in pygidium and forceps, it resembles /. auricularia. The specimen is a macrolabia form, the elongation of the forceps being very pronounced ; the lamination of the forceps is also very distinctive. Spongiphora schubotzi, sp. n. Statura minore ; colore rufescenti ; elytra acute-carinata ; pygidium ¢ breve, apicem versus angustatum, apice ipse subsinuato ; forcipis bracchia ¢ remota, gracilia, arcuata, dé. Q. Long. corporis......... 10°5 mm. 9 mm. pp A MONCHING: 2-2)4 5 it te ee Ss, Of small size and slender build; general colour tawny red, not pubescent. Antenne tawny, with 16 cylindrical segments, fourth nearly as long as third. Head subquadrate posteriorly, tumid, the sutures replete, red-brown ; eyes sinuate, black. Pronotum slightly broader than the head, square, the angles rounded and lateral margins very slightly convex. Prosternum subparallel, gently narrowed posteriorly. Mesosternum as broad as long, rounded posteriorly. Metasternum rather broad, the lobe transverse and truncate. Elytra smooth, tawny, about one and a half time as long as the pronotum, truncate, the costal fold marked with a strong, prominent, sharp carina. Wings not developed. Feet slender, tawny; femora rather thick; tarsi slender; second segment minute, cylindrical, first and third equally long, slender, with a few bristles, but not strongly pubescent. Abdomen parallel, depressed, smooth, light red; glandular folds prominent. Last dorsal segment ¢ transverse, smooth, truncate poste- riorly ; in the middle of the segment, on each side of the faint median suture, there is a small black crested tubercle ; posterior margin truncate; in ? similar, but a little nar- rower, the tubercles absent. Penultimate ventral segment ¢ 2 ample, square, the meee rounded, ygidium ¢ short, broad, trapezoidal, narrowed apically, the posterior margin subsinuate ; 9? short, parallel, truncate. Forceps with the branches depressed, slightly dilated near Ann. & Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 8. Vol. iv. a) 122 Dr. M. Burr— Notes on the Forficularia. the base, with a minute obsolete tooth near the middle; ¢ subcontiguous, rather broad at the base, rapidly tapering, straight and parallel. Central Africa: Rugege Forest, at about 6000 feet, in August; 2 ¢,1 2,1 nymph (Schubotz). This is a very remarkable species; in appearance and general structure it approaches very closely the West-African forms Sp. rubra, Bor., also Sp. tuberculata, Bor., but is sharply distinguished by the strong, keen, and well-developed keel of theelytra. The only members of the Labiide hitherto known with keeled elytra are the South American, very distinct, genus Strongylopsalis, Burr, the aberrant Labia tenuipes, Burr, also from South America, and the Oriental and Austra- lian genus Wesogaster, Verh., none of which approaches the species in question. In spite of its close structural resem- blance to the other African forms quoted, the keel of the elytra is so altogether distinctive and striking a feature that a new genus, if not a new subfamily, must be erected for it when this group is revised. It is interesting to note that the keel of the elytra is distinctly visible on that organ when only partly developed in the nymph stage. Spongitphora gestroi, sp. n. ? Spongiphora tripunetata, Burr (nec Borelli), (1908'*) p. 179. Statura mediocri; glabra, colore nigro, pallido-variegato ; pronotum transversum; pygidium <¢ tumidum, apice excisum, lobulis acutis ; forcipis bracchia g basi remota, robusta, incurva. Long. corporis.... 8-9 mm. 8-9 mm. 4. MOLGIPIS, 4.4 Aare 1-5-2 Not pubescent; size medium ; general colour black, varied with paler. Antenne with 13 segments, blackish, paler at the apex ; third segment cylindrical, not very long; fourth cylindrical, rather thick, about half as long as third; fifth and rest nearly as long as third, rather thicker, subcylindrical. Head rather broad, subsinuate posteriorly; eyes rather large and prominent ; black. Pronotum as broad as the head, a little broader than long, and slightly widened posteriorly; sides straight, anterior margin convex, posterior gently rounded; black, with a rather broad whitish border posteriorly extending up the sides. 23 Dr. M. Burr—Notes on the Forficularia. 123 Elytra ample, smooth, not very long; dull dark chestnut. Wings ample, blackish, with a large straw-coloured spot. Femora rather thick, blackish at the base, yellow at the apex; tibia and tarsi yellow, the latter slender. Abdomen depressed, elongate, subparallel, smoother, dark reddish chestnut, the sides blackish. Last dorsal segment ¢ transverse, rectangular, depressed in the middle, tumid over the roots of the forceps; in 9 - similar but narrowed. Pygidium ¢@ short, tumid, broad, nearly vertical; apex emarginate, with two strong sharp-pointed lobes; ¢ small, quadrate. Forceps with the branches in ¢ remote at the base, dark red, stout, trigonal and straight for about half their length, gently arcuate and rather depressed in the apical half ; inner margin denticulate in basal half, somewhat excavate in apical half; thick, the points suddenly attenuate and hooked ; in @ straight, simple, contiguous. West Africa: Congo, Ibambo, December 1905, 2 ¢ (2ibott’, Mus. Genoa) (c. m.). I have pleasure in dedicating this species to Dr. R. Gestro, who has most indulgently placed at my disposal the wealth of the rich collection of the Civic Museum of Genoa, including numerous types of de Bormans and Borelli. The Genoa Museum contains two females, which I provi- sionally and with hesitation referred to S. tripunctata, Bor. ; but an examination of the type of that species and further material received, including two males, shows that it is quite distinct from that species, but very closely allied to L. fee, Dubr. In coloration and structure it approaches L. fee very closely, but it is a little larger, the antennal segments more cylindrical, the fourth a little shorter, the pronotum less strongly transverse; the colour less deep black and more reddish, the feet differently coloured, the points of the pygidium less sharp, the forceps less arcuate, much stouter, especially in the apical half; finally, ZL. few is a Papuan, S. gestrot a West-African species. ARCHIDUX, gen. nov. Generi Neolobophore simillimum genus; differt elytris carina per- currenti instrictis, tarsorum segmento 2 longiori et angustiori, capite leviori, suturis obsoletis. This genus is erected for a single species, Archidux adolfi, sp.n. It scarcely differs from Neolobophora; indeed, if it had come from South America instead of Africa, [ should 9 124 Dr. M. Burr—Notes on the Forficularia. never have erected a new genus for its reception. Its occur- rence in Central Africa, the smooth head, slightly different tarsi, and stronger keels of the elytra are the only distin- guishing characters that I can find. The sternal plates are, asin Neolobophora, rather short and broad; mesosternum rounded; metasternum with short, truncate, transverse lobe. Archidux adolfi, sp. n. Glaber, ater, levis; capite, antennis pedibusque interdum fulvo ; elytra carinata, subquadrata ; ale abortive; pygidium ¢ breve, conicum, apice bituberculatum; forcipis bracchia ¢ remota, gracilia, cylindrica, dente uno armata, 3. Oy Long. corporis .... 13-145 mm. 12:5-14°5 mm. bs URORCIpIAS 4/2): 6 8-18.35 5°5-7 Size medium ; smooth ; general colour dull black. Antenne with 14 segments, dull brown, all cylindrical ; third about half as long as first; fourth a little shorter than third, the rest longer. Head smooth, tumid, sutures obsolete; black or reddish ; eyes prominent. Pronotum a trifle narrower than the head, square, dull brown or black, smooth. Elytra abbreviated, smooth, dull black or deep brown, with a distinct costal keel running to the end of the elytra ; poste- rior margin obliquely truncate ; anal angle feeble; sutural margin decidedly shorter than the costal; a short transverse scutellum exposed. Wings absent. Feet long and slender; femora scarcely thickened, all black, or dull brown, blackened at the apex ; tibie long and slender, yellowish or black; tarsi long and slender, the first segment decidedly longer than the third. Abdomen dull black, smooth, scarcely dilated, glandular folds very prominent. Last dorsal segment ¢ smooth, transverse, with a single median impressed point ; slightly tumid over insertion of the forceps; in 2 similar, but narrowed posteriorly. Penultimate ventral segment ¢ 2 obtusely rounded. Pygidium ¢ short, thick, tapering, the apex emarginate, with two sharp lobes like tubercles; in ¢ very short, globose. Forceps with the branches g remote at base, slender, cylindrical, and very long, almost straight; inner margin finely denticulate for about half their length, where there isa ”? Dr. M. Burr—Notes on the Forficularia. 125 swall but sharp tooth ; in ¢ subcontiguous, slen ler, straight, gently arcuate at apex. Central Africa (Archduke Adolf Friedrich). The resemblance of this earwig to the species of the Neo- tropical genus Neolobophora is really extraordinary, but, apart from the generic characters given above, the locality is enough to distinguish them; even the pygidium and forceps are strikingly similar. Note on the Genus Sphingolabis, Borm. Genus SPHINGOLABIS (Bormans). Sphingolabis, Bormans, (1883) p. 59; nec (1893), nec (1894) ; Kirby (nec Verhoeff, nec auctt.). Apterygida, Borm, (nec Westw.) (1900') p. 115 (partim), paratta, Borm. (nec Serville) (1884) p. 183. hetospania, Karsch; Borm. (1900') p. 75, et auctt. Chetospania, Karsch, = Sphingolabis, Borm. Type of Sphingolabis, Borm: Sphingolahis furcifera, Borm. (1884') p. 194,= Sparatta semifulva, Borm. (1884) p. 18. Type of Apterygida, Westw.: Apterygida albipennis, Meg., apud harp. (1825) p. 68. Type of Chetospania, Karsch: Chetospania inornata, Karsch, (1886) p- 88. Type of Sparatta, Serv.: Sparatta pelvimetra, Serv. (1839) p. 52. The genus Sphingolabis has had a chequered history. Erected in 1883 by de Bormans for Sphingolabis furcifera, Borm., from Sumatra, it was wrongly assumed by that author and by most others to coincide with Apterygida, Westw.: that is to say, to remove from the old genus Forficula all those species in which the forceps of the male were not dilated strongly near the base—that is to say, Dohrn’s Group I. of Forficula. Discussing the genus in a later work, (1894) p. 406, de Bormans writes :— Sauf ce caractére [7. e. the form of the forceps] a ne différe en rien du genre Forficula ... par conséquent, il est malheureusement impossible de savoir si une femelle isolée appartient & ’un ou a l’autre de ces deux genres.” And he adds :—“ Le genre Sphingolabis a pour type européen Sph. albipennis, Meg., Charp.”’ ; and further : “il renferme parmi les exotiques: Sph. teniata, Dohrn, percheroni, Guér., californica, Dohrn, serrata, Serv., lutei- pennis, Serv., arachidis, Yers.,=wallacei, Dohrn.” In those days it was not recognized that the above species forms a decidedly heterogeneous group. In (1899) p. 255, L showed that if we regarded furcifera, Borm., and albipennis, 126 Dr. M. Burr— Notes on the Forficularia. Meg., as congeneric, the name Sphingolabis, Borm., must fall in favour of Apterygida, Westw., and consequently the latter name was adopted by de Bormans in his monograph (1900°). In (1902) p. 197, the now dormant name of Sphingolabis was revived by Verhoeff for sansibarica, Karsch, but in- correctly, as by this very definition of the genus he excludes furcifera, Borm., which de Bormans named as the type! In (1884") p. 183, de Bormans described a Sumatran species under the name Sparatta semifulva, which he removed in (1900) p. 75 to Chetospania. In (1905*) p. 495, I showed that Sparatta semifulva was nothing else than the female of Sphingolabis furcifera, which is described a few pages further on in the same paper. An examination of the types in the Leyden Museum later fully confirmed this view. We consequently find that Sphingolabis furcifera is un- consciously recognized by de Bormans as being related to Sparatta and Chetospania—that is, as having no connection with Forficula or Apterygida; in fact, the second tarsal segment is simple and cylindrical. But in the meantime Karsch had established the genus Chetospania, (1886) p. 87, for a Madagascan species, Ch. inornata, which I am unable to discriminate generically from Sphingolabis—that is to say, I can find no good generic character on which to separate Ch. inornata, Karsch, from Sph. furcifera, Borm.; the genus Chetospania accordingly falls as a synonym of Sphingolabis, which includes, in addition to its type 8. furcifera, most of those species which have since been ranged in Chetospania. New Synonymy. Carecinophora robusta, Scudder,= Psalis gagatina (Klug). No one has ever entertained a very decided opinion as to what Ps. gagatina really is. A consideration of the brief description given by Burmeister, (1838) p. 753, shows no distinction from Careinophora robusta, Scudd. (1876) p. 305, except that the wings are abbreviated in the latter: this is a valueless feature. Borelli’s specimens from Ecuador, (1903) p. 1, show the intermediate stage. The specimen figured by de Bormans, (1898) pl.i. fig. 5, las spots on the elytra; this is probably referable to P. americana, Beauv., or P. pulchra, Rehn. The largest specimens recorded by Borelli from Costa Rica, (1906°) p. 3, have a small yellow spot on the edge of the elytra ; this represents the transition to P. americana. Dr. M. Burr—WNodtes on the Forficularia. 1Z7 The identity of Psalis colombiana, Borm. (1882) p. 61, pl. ii. fig. 2, has never been questioned. Chetospaniajuppiter, Burr, = Spongtphora nitidipennis, Borm. Dr. R. Gestro having kindly communicated me the type of Spongiphora nitidipennis, Borm. (1894) p. 382, I am able to establish the identity of Chetospania juppiter, Burr, (1900?) p- 94. The actual type of de Bormans from Burmah is a poor specimen. ‘The individuals described later by him, (1900*) p. 455, from Sumatra are finer. There is no struc- ae difference. I have specimens also from Perak and ava. Spongiphora geayi, Burr, =Spongiphora insignis (Stal). Spongiphora geay?, Burr, (1904) p. 295, is certainly iden- tical with Sp. insignis, Stal, (1855) p. 349. The pygidium is rather hidden and the forceps somewhat different in detail in the original specimen. Labia myrmeca, Burr,= Labia fasciata, Borm.,= Labia ni- grella, Dubr. Labia myrmeca, Burr, (1908°) p. 96, is of a dark red colour rather than deep black; the wings are abortive, the elytra shorter and spotted rather than banded, but otherwise it agrees with de Bormans’ type of Labia fasciata, (1894) p. 387, of which it is obviously only a variation *, Opisthocosmia erroris, Burr, = Opisthocosmia forcipata, Haan. Haaun’s figure shows small orange spots at the shoulders of the elytra, which are missing in my type. Otherwise O. erroris agrees perfectly with the description and figure of O. forcipata, Haan. ‘The form of the forceps is very distinctive. ‘The synonymy is as follows :— Forficula forcipata, Haan, (1842) p. 248, pl. xxiii. fig. 11. Opisthocosmia forewata, Dohrn, Scudder, de Bormans, and Kirby (nec Burr!). Opisthoeosmia lugens, Burr, (1900*) p. 101 (nec Bormans!). Opisthocosmia errorts, Burr, (19047) p. 808; (1907°) p. 100, pl. iv. fig. 2. My record of O. forcipata, Haan (see Burr, (1900") p. 63), refers to O. burri, de Bormans (apud Burr, (1903') p. 267). * When the pale bands are obsolete, it is L. nigrel/a, Dubr., (1879) . 370, of which I have seen the type, with that of L. fasciaza, in the enoa Museum, 128 Dr. M. Burr—Notes on the Forficularia. Spongiphora rubriceps,= Proreus fusctpennis (Haan). I have not actually examined Haan’s type, but I have carefully considered descriptions and figures with my own type of Spongiphora rubriceps, Burr, (1900*) p. 89, and I consider them identical; the specimens recorded by me in the same paper (p. 100) under the name of Apterygida borneensis are only a macrolabia form of the same earwig. I have given elsewhere, (1908*) p. 50, the true synonymy of Sphingolabis borneensis of de Bormans. Works quoted. The following works are referred to in the preceding pages. The numeration is that of my complete bibliography, at present in MS., from which this list is extracted for the sake of uniformity. Bravvois, Pattsor DE. (1805). Insectes recueillis en Afrique et en Amérique. Paris, 1805. Boretut, Dr. ALFREDO. (1906°). “ Forficole di Costa Rica” (Boll. Mus. Tor, xxi. no. 531, 1906). Bormans, A. DE. (1882). “Fauna orthoptérologique des Iles Hawaii ou Sandwich” (Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xviii. pp. 340-348, 1882). —. (1883). “Etude sur quelques Forficulaires nouveaux ou peu connus, précédé d'un tableau synoptique des genres de cette famille ” (Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. pp. 59-90, pls. ii. & iii., 1883). —. (1893). “Dermaptera” in Biologia Centrali-Americana: Zoolo- gica, Orthoptera, i. pp. 1-12, pls. i. & i1., 1893. —. (1894). “ Viaggio di Leonardo Fea in Birmaniae regioni yvecine. —LXI. Dermaptéres” (2me partie) (Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. (2) xiv. pp. 441-467, 1894). —. (1900'). “Quelques Dermaptéres du Musée Civique de Génes” (Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. (2) xx. pp. 441-467, 1900). —. (19007). “ Forficulide ” in ‘ Das Tierreich,’ 11 Lief., Orthoptera, pp. 1-142, 1900 (v. Krauss, H.). BurMEISTER, HERMANN. (1888). Handbuch der Entomologie. Ber- lin, 1838. Burr, Matcotm. (1897*). “On new Species of Forficularia”’ (Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) xx. pp. 810-316, 1897). ——. (1899%). ‘ Notes on the Forficularia.—IV. Forficularia collected by Mr. Doherty in Macassar and New Guinea” (Ann, & Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) iv. pp. 258-260, 1899). —. (19007). “Notes on the Forficularia.—VI. On a Collection from Sarawak” (Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) vi. pp. 89-101, pl. vi. figs. 1, 2, 4, & 6, 1900). ——. (1900). ‘‘ Forticules exotiques du Musée Royal d’Histoire Natu- relle de Bruxelles” (Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xliv. pp. 47-54, 1900). (1902). “On the Forficularia of the Hungarian National Mu- seum of Budapest” (Termesz. Fiizetek, xxx. pp. 477-489, pl. xx., © 1902). —. (19031). “Notes on the Forficularia—VII. Some hitherto un- published Descriptions of New Species by the late M. Auguste de > On new Species of Birds from Katanga, 129 Bormans" (Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) xi. pp. 231-241 & 266-270, 1903). Burr, Matcorm. (1904*). “Observations on the Dermatoptera, including Revisions of several Genera and Descriptions of New Species" (Tr. Ent. Soc. London, pp. 277-322, 1904), —. (1907"). “A Preliminary Revision of the Forficulidw (sensu stricto) and of the Chelisochidw, Families of the Dermatoptera” (Tr. Ent. Soc. Lond. pp. 91-134, pl. iv., 1907). —. (1907°). “Ueber einige neue und interessante Dermapteren Arten aus Kamerun und Togo” (Deutsch. ent. Zeitschr. p. 487, 1907). —. (1908*). “ Notes on the cnt tan Bae On new and little- known Species and Synonymic Notes ” (Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) i. pp. 47-51, 1908). —. (1908"). “ Two new Dermaptera in the Collection of the Leyden Museum ” (Notes from the Leyden Museum, xxx., Note xiii. pp. 95 & 96, 1908). —. (1908'). “ Sopra alcuni Dermatteri del Museo Civico di Genova ” (Bull. Soc. Ent. Ital. Lx. 1908, pp. 175-181). GerstTarckrr. (1873). ‘“ Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Orthopteren- Fauna Guineas nach den von T. Buchholz wahrend den Jahren 1872 bis 1875 daselbst gesammelten Arten” (Mitth. des natur- wissensch. Vereins fiir Neuvorpommern und Riigen, 1883). Haan, Dr. W. pe. (1842). ‘ Bijdragen tot de Kennis der Orthoptera ” (Verhandl. over de naturlijke Geschiedenis der Nederlandsche over- zeesche Bezittingen, 1842). Karscu, Dr. F. (1886). “ Ueber einige neue oder weniger bekannte Obrwuermer (Dermaptera) der ethiopischen Region ” (Berliner ent. Zeitschr. Bd. xxx. Heft 1, p. 85, 1886). Kmay, W.F. (1891). “A Revision of the Forficulidw, with Descrip- tions of New Species in the British Museum” (Journ. Linn. Soc. vol. xxiii. pp. 502-53], pl. xii., 1891). —. (1904). Syn. Cat. Orth.i. London (1904). Renn, James A. G. (19037). “Studies in American Forficulidae ” (Proc. Nat. Sci. Phil. p. 299, 1903). ScuppEr, Samvet H. (1869). Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H. xii. p. 344. SErVILLF, AvpDINET. (1839). ‘Suite a Buffon. Histoire Naturelle , des Insectes Orthoptéres.’ Paris, 1839. Srar,C. (1855). “ Entomologiska Notiser” (O. V. A. F. xii. 1855, p- 347). XV.—On some new Species of Birds from Katanga, Congo Free State. By 8. A. Neave, M.A., B.Sc. I nAve* found the following np cate new species among the birds in my collection made during 1907 in the Katanga region of the Congo Free State. Trochocercus vivax, sp. n. ‘1. similis 7. bivittate, sed plaga alari alba nulla; corporis lateribus griscescentibus, pectore et abdomine albis; rostro cyanescenti- 130 Major T. Broun on new Genera and corneo, apice fuscescente; pedibus cyanescenti-griseis ; iride brunnea. Long. tot. c. 6-1 poll., culm. 0°7, ale 2°75, caude 3-2, tarsi 0°75. Hab. Katanga, S.E. Congo Free State. Criniger sylvicultor, sp. n. C, similis C. cabanisi, sed supra pallidior, gutture et pectore toto pallide sulfureo-flavis; preepectore olivascente sulfureo lavato; rostro fuscescenti-corneo, subtus pallidiore; pedibus pallide grisescentibus ; iride olivascenti-griseo. Long. tot. c. 7°0 poll., culm. 0°85, alee 3°65, caude 3-6, tarsi 1:05. Hab. Katanga. Calamonastes katange, sp. n. C. similis C. cinereo, sed brunnescentior ; pectore et abdomine albi- dis; gula albida, fusco variegato; gutture summo et prepectore cineraceo, fasciam lJatam formantibus; rostro nigro; pedibus flavescenti-carneis ; iride rufescenti-brunneo. Long. tot. c. 4:1 poll., culm. 0-55, ale 2-3, caude 1°7, tarsi 0°8. Hab. Katanga. Dryodromas pearsont, sp. n. Similis D. rufifronti et cauda nigra; rectricibus ad apicem cinera- ceis, pileo ferrugineo; dorso rufescenti-brunneo; uropygio et supracaudalibus cinerascentibus; subtus alba, gutture et pre- pectore pallide cervino tinctis; hypochondriis cinereis distin- guenda ; rostro brunnescenti-corneo, mandibula pallide carnea ; pedibus brunnescenti-carneis ; iride flavicanti-brunnea. Long. tot. c. 4:1 poll., culm. 0-45, alee 2:0, caude 2:0, tarsi 0°65. Hab. Lufupa River, Western Katanga. Dedicated to Dr. Arthur Pearson, Principal Medical Officer to the Tanganyika Concession Ltd., K ambore. XVI.—Descriptions of new Genera and Species of New- Zealand Coleoptera. By Major T. Broun, F.E.S. (Continued from p. 71.] Group Erirhinide. Erirhinus insignis, sp. u. Subovate, moderately elongate, nitid, sparsely clothed with fine yellowish hairs, which are somewhat concentrated on Species of New-Zealand Coleoptera. 131 spots behind; variegate, femora and thorax rufo-fuscous, the base and apex of the latter fusco-testaceous; tibie and rostrum testaceous ; elytra rufo-fuscous, but with the follow- ing testaceous marks, a small portion of the second interstice continued along the basal margin, bent at the shoulder and prolonged backwards, a small spot at the side behind, the suture and apex, and four or five spots above; antenne and tarsi reddish. Rostrum arched, moderately slender, not twice the length of thorax ; smooth in front, with two series of fine punctures above and one along each side. Thorax rather broader than long, a good deal narrowed but not constricted in front; rather closely, very distinctly, and somewhat rugosely punctured, Scutellum minute. Elytra broader than thorax at the base, their sides gently curved, gradually narrowed posteriorly, more strongly near the extremity ; moderately coarsely striate-punctate. Antenne slender, implanted just before the middle. Eyes subrotundate, depressed. Ocular lobes absent. Femora un- armed ; tibiz stout, flexuous, mucronate at the extremity. Underside fuscous, prosternum feebly incurved, third and fourth ventral segments shorter than second. Agrees in structure with the European £. acridulus, but only half its bulk and otherwise dissimilar. Not like any described New Zealand species. Length (rost. excl.) 14; breadth § line. Danedin. One from Mr. T, Chalmers many years ago. Erirhinus insolitus, sp. n. Subopaque, variegate ; thorax sparingly, elytra more evidently, clothed with fine yellow hairs ; rufo-fuscous, with some dark spots on the elytra, rostrum and tibiz rufescent, femora almost piceous, antennal club opaque, piceous, with grey pubescence. Rostrum distinctly but irregularly punctate behind the middle. horawz a third broader than long, more narrowed in front than behind; moderately coarsely and closely punctured, with rugose intervals, but with a linear central space smooth. Scutellum minute. Elytra slightly rounded laterally, gradually narrowed backwards from before the middle, very little wider than thorax at the base ; punctate- striate near the suture to the extremity, striate-punctate towards the sides ; interstices with fine serial punctures and appearing rugose ; the coloration much, but irregularly, variegated. 132 Major T. Broun on new Genera and Antenne inserted between the middle and apex, basal joitit of funiculus stout, second much more slender and shorter, 3-7 small and moniliform ; club stout, ovate, apparently, but not distinctly, quadri-articulate. Like E. insignis; the hind-body longer, much less attenuate posteriorly, differently clothed and sculptured, the variegation ill defined. The thorax is longer and more rugosely sculp- tured. The eyes are placed more on the upper part of the head. The thighs are more inflated, punctate, and emarginate underneath near the extremity. We have no other species like it. Length (rost. excl.) 14; breadth 2 line. Otago. From the same source as the preceding one. Erirhinus spadiceus, sp. n. Subnudus, bearing only a few inconspicuous minute sete ; a little shining, rufo-castaneous, the tip of the rostrum, and the club, piceous. Rostrum moderately coarsely and irregularly punctured, but nearly smooth in front. Thorax widest near the middle, slightly more rounded in front than behind, its length and breadth nearly equal; distinctly and moderately closely punctured. Scutellum small. lytra widely incurved at the base and a little broader than the thorax, gradually narrowed backwards ; striate punctate, quite striate behind ; interstices plane, with fine serial punctures. Legs robust ; femora arched above; tibiz a little flexuous, mucronate, the two hind pairs short. Antenne slender, inserted between the middle and apex of the rostrum; basal joint of funiculus stout, joints 4—7 bead-like, seventh a little broader than preceding one; club large, articulate, with some yellowish pubescence. Underside reddish, punctate. Prosternum slightly in- curved. Front cox contiguous, the intermediate slightly separated. Metasternum short, broadly depressed, as are also the basal two ventral segments, the second distinctly shorter than first, third and fourth well developed, fifth broadly impressed. Distinguishable at once by the unicolorous, almost glabrous surface. Length (rost. excl.) 13; breadth nearly 2 line. Mount Maungatua, Otago. One from Mr. 8. W. Fulton. Erirhinus castigatus, sp. n. Slender, slightly shining, uniformly fulvescent, antennal club fuscous ; sparingly clothed with minute greyish hairs. . ane Species of New-Zealand Coleoptera. 133 Rostrum finely punctate, indistinctly carinate, obviously longer than thorax, almost quite parallel-sided, only slightly arched. yes subrotundate, free from thorax, not promi- nent. Thorax ahout as long as broad, evidently narrower in front than behind; finely but quite distinctly and not closely punctured. Scutellum minute. Elytra elongate, wider than thorax at base, gradually narrowed backwards, distinctly and regularly striate-punctate. Legs moderately slender; tibize slightly mucronate at the extremity; third tarsal joint with elongate lobes. Antenne inserted near the apex; scape slender, but a little clavate near the extremity, basal joint of funiculus stout, seventh rather broader than sixth. Underside shining, similar to the upper surface in colour. Another concolorous, easily recognisable species, unlike any other as yet found here. Length (rost. excl.) 1; breadth $ line. Mount Maungatua, Otago. Another of Mr.S. W. Fulton’s discoveries, a single specimen only. Eugnomus antennalis, sp. 0. Opaque, variegate, fusco-rufous, antenne and tarsi rufo- castaneous. Rostrum stout, not twice the length of thorax, slightly constricted medially so that the scrobes are visible above ; densely and coarsely punctate, not distinctly carinate, with slender yellow hairs. Head broadly depressed between the widely separated and prominent eyes, clothed and sculptured like the rostrum, but also with numerous pale yellow scales around the eyes. Thorax evidently broader than long, very slightly constricted at apex, closely punctate, with slender fulvous hairs on the disk, but covered with pale yellow squame at the sides. Scutellum oblong. Elytra evidently wider than thorax at the base, very slightly and gradually narrowed towards the hind thighs, more strongly behind these, apices subtruncate ; punctate-striate, the interstices minutely punctured and slightly asperate, there are two series of minute granules in the sutural striz near the base, where the hairs are coarser and of a brighter yellow than elsewhere, there are also a few scales on the shoulders; they are irregularly maculated with dark fuscous, and between the hind thighs this colour predominates, on the posterior declivity the inner four interstices are reddish, the third, on each elytron, is quite pallid and abruptly bent forwards at the apex, the fourth and sixth end within the pale zone, are 134 Major T. Broun on new Genera and slightly raised, and quite fuscous. Pygidium much exposed, testaceous, finely and closely punctate. Front femora dilated and with a minute denticle below, the others angu- late and dentate, the posterior most strongly. Antenne rather stout; basal joint of funiculus quite half the length of the others conjointly, second also elongate but slender, 3-7 small; club large, opaque. E. nubilans most nearly approaches this species, which, however, is larger, with a shorter thorax, more exposed pygidium, more abruptly enlarged club, and differently formed funiculus. Length (rost. incl.) 22; breadth 1 line. Karori, Wellington. One example from Mr. G. V. Hudson. Eugnomus femoralis, sp. n. Elongate, castaneo-rufous, clothed with rather fine incon- spicuous grey hairs, the sides of thorax and the posterior portion of elytra with grey setiform scales. Underside with similar scales and pubescence ; club fuscous. Rostrum a little dilated in front, irregularly punctured. Scape attaining back of eye. Thoraz rather narrow, distinctly and closely punctured. /ytra rather elongate and narrow, yet broader than thorax at the base; striate-punctate,- interstices finely rugose. Femora emarginate below near the extremity, but not dentate or conspicuously angulate. A uniformly coloured, rather elongate species near E. Jervidus, differently clothed, with the thorax and hind-body narrower, and without the common angulation of the femora. Length (rost. incl.) 2; breadth 2 line. Waitakerei Range. Six specimens in my own collection. Stephanorhynchus osculator, sp. n. Variegate, densely covered with obscure greyish and fuscous squame without forming regular spots, the elytral suture fusco-rufous behind; antennz also infuscate red, but with the basal joint of the funiculus fuscous. Rostrum laterally compressed, strongly ridged from the antennal insertion to the eyes, the head broadly depressed and bicristate, so that when looked at sideways there appears to be a deep gap in line with the eyes. Thorax rather broader than long, much narrowed anteriorly, with one constriction behind, and another before, the middle; its surface uneven, with two small median tubercles. Llytra Species of New-Zealand Coleoptera. 135 widest at the base, humeral angles slightly prominent and oblique, apex bituberculate ; the usual large elevations between the hind thighs are obliquely flattened towards the suture, there are also numerous small elevations so that the punctuation is very irregular. The femora are dilated, the posterior more strongly angulate and dentiform underneath than the intermediate, the anterior less so. Antenne inserted near the apex; second joint of the funiculus shorter and more slender than the first, and nearly twice as long as the third; 4-7 moniliform; club elongate, quadri-articulate, its intermediate joints subquadrate, the basal as long as the second but curved towards its base, the terminal small and conical. In S. curvipes the second joint of the club is twice the length of the first ; this, therefore, at once separates the two species. In S. ¢uberosus the head and rostrum are similar, but the elytra are nearly concolorous, much less asperate, with more prolonged apices, and the insect itself is much larger. Obs.—Two varieties of S. tuberosus occur on the Waitakerei Range, Auckland, and another at Greymouth, this last being labelled S. aper in my cabinet. Length 2—24 (rost. incl.) ; breadth 7 line. Tararua and Rimutaki Ranges. Mr. G. V. Hudson. Stephanorhynchus morosus, sp. n. Robust, covered with dull, slightly variegated, griseo- fuscous, minute scales and setie. Rostrum somewhat laterally compressed and ridged be- hind, thus leaving an obvious gap between its base and the lateral ridges on the head, these latter are deeply and widely separated, and the inter-ocular depression is distinct. Thorax considerably narrowed anteriorly, constricted near the apex and behind the middle, with two small median prominences. E/ytra twice as broad as thorax at the base, unusually broad, moderately narrowed behind, apices not at all spiniform or prominent; they are striate-punctate, but the sculpture is interrupted, or hidden; the pair of post- median prominences are well developed, and there are ten or twelve small tubercular elevations or nodosities, chiefly near the shoulders, sides, and apex. Legs dark and minutely speckled. Funiculus slender, basal joint distinctly stouter and somewhat longer than second, the last three small and reddish ; club elongate, opaque, 4-jointed. Quite distinct from all but S. tuberosus, and differing 136 Major T. Broun on new Genera and from it in the longer head, broader and shorter hind-body, simple elytral apices, and more sombre appearance. Length (rost. incl.) 32; breadth 14 line. Mount Arthur. One from Mr. T. F. Cheeseman. Group Belide. Pachyura venusta, sp. 0. Elongate, subcylindrical; brilliant zeneo-viridis, sides of thorax and elytra somewhat rufescent, the head near the eyes and apical margin of thorax metallic red, rostrum purple, legs and antenne fusco-testaceous. Rostrum rather shorter than head and thorax combined, slightly and gradually dilated anteriorly; minutely and distantly punctured near the apex, the base more distinctly yet finely, each puncture with a minute grey seta; antennal insertion close to the base, prominent. Head, eyes included, almost as broad as the middle of thorax, a little narrower behind; its surface closely granulate-rugose. yes large, broadly longitudinally oval. Antenne elongate, second joint shorter than first and nearly as stout, joints 3-5 rather slender and elongate, nearly equal to one another, 6 and 7 shorter, 8-10 evidently longer and broader and more infus- cate, 11th slightly longer than 10th; these terminal four joints may be termed the club. Thorax about as long as broad, its sides slightly rounded near the middle, more narrowed in front than behind; there is an ill-defined central line, its sculpture seems like that of the head but is not quite as coarse, or it may be termed punctate with rugose or granulate intervals, either term may be accurate according to the point of view. Scutellum rather small. Elytra cylindrical, very slightly dilated at the shoulders, not at all posteriorly; basal margin obliquely truncate towards the suture; they are transversely striate-punctate, interstices convex but somewhat irregular; like the head and thorax they are scantily clothed with slender, inconspicuous, greyish hairs. A second specimen, found at Clevedon, has a rather longer rostrum, and the elytra are a little broader behind than near the shoulders ; this I consider is the female. The elytra are % of a line in width. P. sumptuosa may be distinguished by its larger size, more curvate anterior tibie, by the slight basal depression of the thorax and the one behind the scutellum, as well as by the Species of New-Zealand Coleoptera. 137 four patches of white hairs on the elytra. The fourth antennal joint is Jonger. dé. Length (rost. incl.) 3; breadth § line. Howick. One individual in my own collection. Pachyura violacea, sp. n. Body only slightly nitid, violaceous, sparingly but evenly clothed with fine but quite distinct greyish hairs, tip of rostrum rufescent, antennz and legs light brown, claws nearly black. Rostrum short, distinctly punctured near its base. Head widest near the front, moderately closely but not very coarsely punctured, with slightly rugose intervals. Thorar a little transverse, narrower in front than behind, base bi- sinuate; there is a very fine stria along the middle, its punctuation is rather finer than that of the head. Scutellum moderately large and rounded. /ytra subcylindrical, being slightly narrowed behind the shoulders only, closely and distinctly punctured and, on some spots, somewhat trans- versely rugose, but without the elevations and deep trans- verse striz of P. metallica, P. sumptuosa, and others. Most nearly resembles P. rubicunda, which has two small protuberances at the tip of the rostrum. Length (rost. incl.) 24; breadth ? line. Karori, Wellington. ‘Taken off young Totara tree. Mr. G. V. Hudson, one specimen. P. pilosa, variety of P. rubicunda.—This differs from my typical examples in having darker elytra so covered with grey hairs that the surface appears greyish. The apical prominences on the rostrum are quite distinct. Helensville. One in my own collection. Group Cryptorhynchida. APHOCGLIS, gen. nov. Body broad, oviform, convex, covered with scales and short erect sete. Prosternum broadly excavate, as in Psepholax, but with more sharply defined lateral borders in front of the coxe. Mesosternal lamina very short and transverse before the cox, the suture between it and the metasternum quite straight. Intermediate core as widely separated as the posterior. Second ventral segment much abbreviated, very short, third and fourth very short, like those of an Acalles, with deep Ann. & Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 8. Vol. iv. 10 138 Major T. Broun on new Genera and sutures, 3-5 on a lower plane than the basal two, but on the same level as the epipleura. Femora notched and grooved near the extremity and with a denticle underneath. Tarsi with almost glabrous soles, having only a few fine hairs at the sides, but with more along the front of the third joint. Should be interposed between Psepholax and Oreda. At once differentiated from the former by the widely separated middle coxe, by the absence of any raised triangular meso- sternal process, and the abbreviation of the intermediate ventral segments; from the latter by the absence of any well-limited pectoral canal. Psepholax femoratus (852) is closely allied to Aphocelis, and if sternal structure and wide separation of coxze be considered as of generic importance, Dr. Sharp’s Psepholax simplex (854) must ultimately become the type of a distinct genus also. Aphocelis versicolor, sp. n. Rostrum rather shorter than thorax, considerably dilated in front for two-thirds of its whole length below; the scrobes therefore appear deep and open and are quite visible from above ; they begin near the apex and extend to the eyes. Scape very short and stout, barely attaining the eye. Funiculus thick, much longer than the scape, 7-articulate, basal joint obconical, not much longer than broad ; second about as large as the first, more slender at the base; 3-7 transverse. Club short, ovate. Head broad. Eyes sub- rotundate, but slightly acuminate in front, moderately prominent, distant from the thorax and each other. Thorax bisinuate at the base, broader than long, much contracted in front, closely punctured, covered with fuscous and dark greyish squamz ; without ocular lobes, its apex emarginate. Scutellum absent. Elytra short, a little broader than thorax, rounded and nearly vertical behind; they are distinctly striate, but the punctuation is concealed by the squamosity ; third interstices a little elevated, most evidently on top of the posterior declivity, but not nodiform there; at the base they bear minute black crests. 7Zibie rather finely setose, mucronate, the anterior slightly flexuous, the others pro- — longed at the outer extremity and armed with a distinct median tooth externally. The derm seems to be pitchy red, but the variegated dark and greyish squame entirely cover the surface. ‘The elytra on some parts appear to be studded with minute black tubercles. The rostrum is dull piceous, punctate, with a distinct inter-antennal groove ; its apex is nearly vertical Speetes of New-Zealand Coleoptera. 139 and smooth, and bears four little clusters of fine yellow sete. Length (rost. incl.) 24; breadth 1§ line. Otira Gorge. One individual found by Mr, J. H. Lewis. Psepholax denticostatus, sp. 0. Conver, subovate, widest near the middle, opaque; sparingly covered with small yellowish-grey scales and setie, these latter more elongate and conspicuous on the sides near the base of the elytra; piceous, tarsi and antenne pitchy red. Rostrum longer than head, broad, nearly plane; at the point of antennal insertion, near the apex, broader below than above; nearly smooth in front, with close rugose sculpture like that of the head, which, at the base, is medially depressed and nearly twice the breadth of the rostrum. Thorax nearly twice as broad as it is long, much narrowed, but not constricted, towards the front, which is obviously emarginate medially, base subtruncate; it is rather feebly impressed behind along the middle, the surface appears closely punctate or granulate according to different points of view, the pale squame are somewhat concentrated near the sides. Scufellum small, subrotundate. Hlytra of same width as thorax at base, slightly broader near the middle, rather gradually yet considerably narrowed posteriorly ; on each elytroa, near the suture, there is a ridge which is broad at the base, somewhat compressed and more elevated near the middle, but becoming obsolete behind; this ridge has granular sculpture near the base, but on the middle there are three or four compressed dentiform prominences ; the second ridge is much less elevated, with granular or minute tubercular sculpture ; behind it is more sharply defined, and is there covered with fine yellowish scales; the third resembles the first, but does not extend quite as far back ; the fourth is indistinct as far as the middle, but behind is exactly similar to the second, though not reaching back as far ; the suture along the hind slope is like the second ridge ; the intervals may be termed irregular striz, even those along the side are not distinctly punctured. Anterior femora dilated and angulate, but not distinctly dentate, underneath ; the posterior laterally compressed and eurvate ; front tibie a little flexuous, rather thicker above than at the extremity ; the intermediate evidently shorter, densely squamose, with a dentiform projection near the extremity ; the posterior squamose, exe lk aa arched, 10* 140 Major T. Broun on new Genera and Scape short, gradually incrassate; funiculus finely pubes- cent, basal joint short and stout, joints 3-7 transverse, gradually becoming broader ; club large, oblong-oval. Underside rather finely punctate, with depressed greyish sete ; third and fourth ventral segments nearly nude. The old P. sulcatus is described as having six ribs on each elytron, with punctated intervals. Its scutellum is quite elongate, like that of P. granulatus, but in P. denticostatus it is small and nearly rotundate; this, therefore, is a good distinguishing character. With the exception of P. coronatus the sexes have not been satisfactorily determined. ¢. Length (rost. incl.) 34; breadth 13 line. . Karori, Wellington. One from Mr. G. V. Hudson." Zeacalles lepidulus, sp. n. Body very convex, subovate, covered with small, depressed, tawny squame; a few more elongated erect white ones near the sides and apex of the elytra and a few short, erect, coarse infuscate sete; it is infuscate red, with red tarsi and antenne. Rostrum red, longitudinally sculptured, apical portion finely punctate. Thorax about as long as broad, a good deal but very gradually narrowed anteriorly ; apex obtuselv rounded, very slightly depressed in front, its punctuation obscured by the elongate squame. Hlytra cordate, rather short, their sides and apex vertical, very slightly broader than thorax at the base, considerably broader before the middle, gradually yet a good deal narrowed posteriorly ; they are rather abruptly elevated near the base and appa- rently striate; on top of the posterior declivity there are two well-developed nodosities, two less elevated but more elongate ones at the base, and three or four smaller ones near the sides; the grey scales are most perceptible on the sides near the base; there are also a few dark specks here and there. Legs stout, bearing coarse greyish sete. Tarsi finely setose underneath, third joint expanded, grooved or excavated above, but not perceptibly lobed; claws very small. Scape short, slender at the base, gradually thickened. Funiculus elongate, first joint stout, second and third slender and moderately elongate, the former the longer of the two, 4-7 obconical and gradually incrassate; club oval, triarticulate. Larger than the four previously described species, and distinguished therefrom by the elytral nodosities. The lobes Species of New-Zealand Coleoptera. 141 of the third tarsal joint are very short in all these four species ; in this one they are quite obsolete. Length (rost. excl.) 14; breadth ? line. Totara, Southland (Mr. A. Philpott) ; one individual. Harasv, gen. nov. Robust, convex, suboblong, squamose. Rostrum rather shorter than thorax, moderately broad, subparallel. The scrobe begins before the middle and ex- tends to the lower and front part of the eye. Scape almost straight, only slightly incrassate, attaining the front of the eye. Funiculus 7-articulate, basal two joints elongate, second evidently the longer; third rather longer than broad ; 4-7 subquadrate, the seventh larger than the pre- ceding one; club elongate-oval, quadriarticulate. Eyes just free from thorax, lateral, hardly convex, distinctly facetted, truncate in front. Thorax conical, somewhat prolonged over the head ; deeply emarginate behind the eyes, obtusely rounded and with vibrissz just below them when the rostrum is extended forwards. Scutellum absent. Elytra closely adapted to the base of thorax, the shoulders slightly porrect, a little widened behind the middle. Legs stout and elongate. Femora grooved at the extre- mity, but not distinctly angulate or dentate below. Tibie flexuous, with prominent terminal spurs. Tarsi with fine dense pubescence unde: neath, not in the least spongy ; third joint moderately expanded, deeply and widely excavate above, emarginate at apex, but without distinctly projecting lobes. Pectoral canal deep, not extending beyond the back part of the anterior coxz, and limited behind by the strongly elevated border of the mesosternum, which is in contact with the front coxz. Intermediate and posterior coze widely separated. Metasternum short. Abdomen narrowed behind, second segment, at the sides, about as long as the first, the frontal suture sinuate ; third and fourth moderately short, conjointly, quite as long as the second, all the sutures well marked, At once distinguishable from Acalles by the abbreviated pectoral canal and from Dendrostygnus and Tychanopais by the unarmed femora and different scrobe, which in these genera starts nearly from the apex. | ; > Hatasu dorsale, sp. n. Opaque, black ; antenne dark red; tarsi piceous ; squamo- sity black, infuscate. or tawny; the last hue predominates along the sides ; legs more or less maculate. 142 Major T. Broun on new Genera and Rostrum closely and rugosely punctate in front, with fewer punctures and a few scales behind; it is dull black. Antenne with greyish hairs, the club densely pubescent. Thorax as long as it is broad, its sides nearly straight behind, distinctly but not abruptly narrowed anteriorly ; disk nearly plane, with an elongate impunctate space along the middle ; tawny scales form a central streak at the base, its apex is not crested, but appears cleft at the middle; along the centre it is of a sooty colour; along the sides some short, erect, coarse sete are mingled with the tawny scales ; its punctua- tion is concealed. Elytra suboblong, nearly vertical, and much narrowed behind; along the middle of the dorsum it is dull black, with very few minute, rounded, flattened, tawny scales ; on each side of the suture there are two series of coarse, almost foveiform, distant punctures, the sides are foveate, with squamose elevated intervals, so as to seem tuberculate ; there are four dark squamose elevations on top of the posterior declivity ; the third interstices are more or less irregularly elevated and blackish, and the apex bears several small nodosities and punctures. Underside dull black, covered with pale brown or greyish scales, so that no punctures are visible. Length (rost. excl.) 33-44; breadth 13-22 lines. Broken River. I am indebted to Mr. J. H. Lewis for my pair of specimens. CLYPEOLUS, gen. nov. Rostrum as long as thorax, very gradually narrowed back- wards, the nearly smooth, subcordate, clypeal portion well delineated. Mandibles not porrect, verticalin front. Scrobes deep, quite lateral, extending from behind the middle to the front of the eyes. Scape flexuous, slender, very gradually incrassate, rather short, attaining the front of the eye. Funiculus elongate, second joint evidently longer than the elongate basal one, third longer than fourth ; seventh moniliform, rather broader than sixth. Club ovate, acumi- nate, triarticulate. Head moderately broad. Eyes widely separated above,, quite lateral, subcuneiform, acuminate in front. Thorax bisinuate at base, abruptly contracted ante- riorly, with feeble ocular lobes. Scutel/um sunken or absent. Elytra of same width as thorax at base, much narrowed and nearly vertical behind. Femora Jong and thick, medi lly dentate, grooved near the extremity. Tibie flexuous, with robust apical spurs. Tarsi slender, finely setose underneath, third joint moderately expanded and lobed. Pectoral canal deep, extending to middle of intermediate Species of New-Zealand Coleoptera, 143 coxe, Basal ventral segment very little longer than second, its suture slightly medially incurved behind, third and fourth only moderately abbreviated, fifth biimpressed. Allied to Tychanus, differentiated therefrom by the well- defined clypeus, perpendicular front face of mandibles, &c, Clypeolus cineraceus, sp. 0. Compact, robust, subovate, piceous, densely covered with grey, yellowish-grey, and pale brown scales; antenna and tarsi pale ferrugineous. Rostrum subparallel, moderately finely and closely punc- tured, the clypeal portion nearly smooth. Thorax of the same width as elytra at the base, one-fifth broader than long, abruptly narrowed and depressed in front, its apex truncate and a little prominent, but not distinctly crested, having only a few coarse erect setz ; its surface closely punc- tate, most of the squame yellowish grey, the basal portion somewhat flattened backwards and bearing a short pale ridge in front of the scutellum, which it conceals; the erect scales are congregated at the sides. /ytra slightly wider behind the posterior femora than elsewhere, much narrowed and declivous behind, with coarse punctures not disposed in regular series ; their basal portion more or less infuscate, the third and fifth interstices somewhat prominent there, the suture alongside the sunken scutellum slightly raised and bearing a few minute shining granules; the squamosity from the shoulders to the posterior declivity is greyish; there are two widely distant nodosities at the summit of the declivity, and between each of these and the shoulder there are three or four smaller prominences. Underside thickly covered with griseous and infuscate scales. Length (rost. excl.) 23; breadth 14 line. Broken River. A single specimen from Mr. J. H. Lewis. Acalles fuscidorsis, sp. n. Subovate, robust, compact, densely squamose, variegate, dark fuscous and infuscate grey; antennz and tarsi red. Rostrum stout, parallel, covered with tawny scales, appa- rently a little asperate in front, with a squamose ridge along its basal portion; it is of about the same length as the thorax. Head broadly depressed. Thorax an eighth broader than long, much narrowed anteriorly and projecting over the head, apex emarginate, with coarse squame, but not 144 Major T. Broun on new Genera and distinctly crested there; the disk séems flattened, but is slightly ridged along the middle, squamosity fuscous, almost black near the sides ; these, however, are pallid; the erect squamiform sete are nearly black. Hlytra as wide as thorax at the base, but becoming a little wider behind the middle; they are a good deal narrowed but not quite vertical behind ; from the base four (two on each elytron) flexuous ridges extend towards the posterior declivity ; the enclosed space is darker than the sides or apex; on top of the declivity there are two rather distant, somewhat rounded, moderately prominent crests ; the sides are more or less uneven, but the darker basal area is nearly plane; they are coarsely striate- punctate apparently. Legs squamose, variegated; femora widely notched below near the extremity, and bearing coarse sete, so as to appear subdentate near the middle; third tarsal joint expanded, but with very short lobes, pubescent underneath. Antenne implanted just behind the middle; scape squamose, very gradually thickened, reaching the front of the eye; funiculus sparsely setose, rather long, basal two joints equally elongate, third distinctly longer than broad, five to seven bead-like; club opaque, ovate, densely pubescent. The elytral disk appears unusually short, partly owing to difference in colour and rather long posterior declivity. Length (rost. excl.) 22; breadth 14 line. Invercargill. The description is drawn up from a unique specimen mounted on cardboard by Mr. A. Philpott. Acalles igneus, sp. 0. Convex, subovate, densely squamose, variegate ; basal half (but not the sides) of elytra and a median spot on base of thorax black; remainder of surface covered with fiery red scales, some coarse and depressed, others more elongate and erect; these are intermingled with very few greyish ones here and there ; the rostrum and legs also bear more or less rufescent squame ; antenne testaceous. Rostrum of about the same length as thorax, stout, ex- panded towards the eyes, finely medially carinate in front. Thorax about as long as broad, more narrowed in front than behind, its punctuation entirely hidden by the squamosity. Scutellum absent. Hlytra convex, subcordate, obviously striate. Legs robust. Scape gradually incrassate, attaining the eye; funiculus 7-articulate, basal joint thick, 6 and 7 transverse, the latter the broader; club triarticulate, stout, ovate. Ocular lobes absent. Species of New-Zealand Coleoptera. 145 Length (rost. excl.) 1; breadth } line. Broken River, Canterbury. Mr. J. H. Lewis secured two specimens ; the one retained by him is even brighter, quite scarlet in fact. The fiery squamosity is distinctive. Acalles altus, sp. n. Compact, very convex, subovate, rough, densely covered with obscure greyish scales ; antennz and tarsi fulvescent ; rostrum pitchy red. Rostrum thick, gradually narrowed towards the middle, where the antenne are inserted. Scape reaching backwards to the eye; funiculus 7-articulate, basal joint nearly as thick at apex as the scape, second more slender, nearly twice the length of third; seventh distinctly broader than the pre- ceding ones ; club ovate, triarticulate. Thorax rather longer than broad, much but not abruptly narrowed anteriorly, its frontal portion depressed; across the front of the basal portion are erect scales which almost form a pair of crests ; it projects over the head, but is much shorter below. Head globose underneath, but distinctly depressed above between the eyes ; this flattened part is blackish. dytra very slightly wider than thorax at the base, short and subovate, and quite vertical behind: when examined from the side they are seen to be on an abruptly higher level than the thorax; they are also convex transversely ; on the summit of the hind declivity there is a pair of prominent crests, there is also a less promi- nent one on each side, but not so far back, Legs stout and scaly. Underside covered with greyish scales, all the cox almost equally widely separated. Pectoral canal deep and _ broad ; its raised margins extend almost to the front of the inter- mediate cox. Metasternum abbreviated, so that the middle and hind coxz nearly touch each other. Abdomen punctate, basal two segments on a higher plane than the short third aud fourth, the second apparently very short. The thorax doubtless is punctate and the elytra striate- punctate, but as the specimen may be needed afterwards in its natural condition, | have not spoilt it by scraping. Like A. cristatus (1276), more sombre of aspect, with less obvious and fewer crests, and distinguished by the inter- ocular depression. No doubt a new genus will ultimately be formed for these two species. Length (rost. excl.) 1; breadth § line. Broken River. From Mr, J. H. Lewis. 146 Major T. Broun on new Genera and Acalles albistrigalis, sp. n. Subovate, moderately convex, piceous ; antenne flavescent ; tarsi infuscate red ; covered with depressed dark or obscure greyish scales and numerous coarse erect sete, without distinct elevations or crests. Rostrum short and broad, obviously shorter than thorax. Antenne inserted at, or immediately in front of, the middle of rostrum ; the scape only moderately thickened apically, barely reaching the eye; funiculus indistinctly pubescent, basal joint stout, second and third rather slender and elon- gate, 5-7 short; club ovate, articulate, pubescent. Eyes rather flat, coarsely facetted. Thorax evidently longer than broad, gradually uarrowed anteriorly, its frontal portion a little depressed; at its base there are two longitudinal streaks formed by whitish scales; the base is sharply trun- cate. LElytra short, subcordate, slightly wider than thorax at base. Legs stout, bearing erect, coarse, squamiform sete. A carefully denuded specimen shows that the derm is slightly glossy, that the thorax, in proportion to its small size, is coarsely and very closely punctured, and that the elytra have, on each, two well-marked sutural striz, the sculp- ture beyond being regularly striate-punctate. This, one of the smallest species of Acalles, may be identi- fied by its short rostrum and the relatively long thorax with its pair of whitish basal streaks. Length (rost. excl.) $; breadth 3 line. Broken River (Mr. J. H. Lewis) ; two specimens. Acalles aterrimus, sp. un. Convex, subovate, sparingly clothed with erect sete ; black ; antennee red, tarsi rufo-piceous. Rostrum stout, slightly and gradually narrowed towards the middle, its sculpture longitudinal but irregular, with a few yellowish-grey scales at the base. Scape flexuous, gradu- ally incrassate, implanted just behind the middle and just attaining the eye. Funiculus nearly glabrous, basal joint stout, second rather shorter and much more slender, 4—7 small and about equal. Club ovate, dark, with grey pubes- cence, indistinctly triarticulate. Thorax longer than broad, subconical, moderately narrowed and a little depressed in front ; this frontal portion slightly shining, with less nume- rous and finer but very distinct punctures ; the basal portion Species of New-Zealand Coleoptera. 147 closely and very coarsely punctured, a little depressed longi- tudinally in the middle, its base truncate; it bears some erect Eisceke sete at the sides. Elytra subcordate, of the same width as the thorax at the base, widest near the middle, apex much narrowed and nearly vertical; they have series of relatively coarse punctures, coarser at the sides than at the suture, and becoming striate behind; the interstices beyond the second row of sutural punctures appear some- what elevated from base to apex; there are no squame, only a few coarse erect sete. Legs stout, coarsely setose, apical hooks of the tibize well developed. Underside black ; basal ventral segments coarsely but not closely punctured, second barely half the length of the first, the suture indistinct ; third and fourth very short, with deep sutures ; fifth reddish, minutely sculptured. Pectoral canal profound, its raised hind margins extending to the middle of intermediate coxze. Metasternum very short. There are no distinct ocular lobes. The plain black colour, absence of squamosity, and rather long medially depressed thorax are distinctive characters. Length (rost. excl.) 7-1; breadth @ line. Broken River (Mr. J. H. Lewis). Two examples, the smaller one probably the male. Acalles presetosus, sp. 0. Minute, rather broad, subovate, without crests or inequali- ties, covered with pale sappy matter and erect, coarse, squamiform setz of a greyish-yellow colour, and at the base of the thorax with two elongate patches of minute, rounded, cream-coloured scales ; antennz and tarsi red. Rostrum stout, gradually narrowed medially, with many depressed greyish scales which are perceptibly separated from each other. Thorax apparently longer than broad, widest behind the middle, gradually narrowed towards the front, base truncate ; the surface punctate and studded with erect scale-like sete. lytra slightly wider than thorax at the base, moderately short and broad, only a little broader near the middle than elsewhere, rounded and nearly vertical behind, distinctly striate-punctate, their clothing similar to that of the thorax. Legs stout, almost as coarsely setose as the body. Tarsi with fine, white, brush-like soles, their third joint moderately dilated, with well-developed lobes. A, albistrigalis is a rather smaller and narrower insect, with altogether different vestiture, yellow antenna, and with 148 Major T. Broun on new Genera and a triangular notch at the base of the elytra, indicating the presence of a scutellum, which, however, as in this species, could not be detected. Length (rost. excl.) $; breadth } line. Invercargill (Mr. A. Phi/pott) ; one only. Acalles robustus, sp. n. Compact, convex, subovate, robust, pitchy black; antennze and tarsi ferrugineous, irregularly squamose and setose. Rostrum stout, longer than thorax, gradually and slightly narrowed backwards, punctate and longitudinally rugose. Antenne scantily pubescent ; the scape just attains the eye ; basal two joints of funiculus equally elongate, 3-7 small ; club ovate, articulated, pubescent. Hyes oblique, acuminate in front. Thorax rather short, subconical, a little constricted in front, moderately finely and closely punctured; a flat space along the middle, broad behind but narrower in front ; is covered with depressed fuscous scales and is bordered with darker erect ones, its sides more or less squamose, but not crested. Scutellum absent. lytra ample, subcordate, widest before the middle, much narrowed but not vertical behind, slightly broader than thorax at the base ; rather bare along the middle, with two series of narrow elongate im- pressions along each side of the suture; on each elytron, before the middle, there are four dark, squamose, but not very prominent elevations, one being on the shoulder, two near the base, the fourth a little further back ; a slightly curved squamose ridge extends from near the middle thigh to the summit of the declivity, but does not reach the third interstice; the sides and posterior declivity are covered with scales, a few being paler than others; all, however, are infuseate. Legs stout, bearing dark scales and outstanding coarse sete. Underside opaque, fusco-niger, with yellowish-brown squamz ; second ventral segment shorter than the first, both rather finely sculptured, fifth rather closely and moderately coarsely punctured ; pectoral canal between the middle cox limited by elevated margins. Femora grooved underneath, the anterior somewhat angulate but not dentate. There can be but little difficulty in identifying this rather large species. Length (rost. excl.) 245; breadth 13 line. Mount Te Aroha. Two in my own collection. Species of New-Zealand Coleoptera. 149 Acalles flavisetosus, sp. n. Oblonyg-oval, moderately convex, without appreciable inequalities of surface; rufo-fuscous; rostrum slightly shining piceo-rufous; the body densely covered with small, round, depressed, yellowish-grey scales, and rather short but not coarse decumbent yellow set, which, on the elytra, form regular series on the interstices, Rostrum finely punctate, nearly nude, base squamose, the apex with a few erect yellow setz ; it is slightly and gradually narrowed towards the middle; there isa distinct contraction or notch at each side of the base. Hyes of normal shape. Scape moderately slender, just touching the eye. Funiculus with yellowish pubescence, first joint stout and but little longer than second; third to seventh gradually thickened ; club ovate, articulate. Thorax coutracted in front, feebly sinuate, and depressed at the base; with an indistinctly raised line along the middle, apparently closely but not coarsely punctured. Scutellum deeply sunk or absent. Elytra oblong, slightly broader than thorax at the base, a good deal narrowed but not quite perpendicular behind, coarsely striate-punctate. Femora grooved underneath ; tibize uncinate and setose ; tarsi with brush-like, not spongy, soles, Pectoral canal deep, limited between the intermediate coxze by strongly elevated margins. Metasternum rather broadly depressed, A/domen on the same plane as the epipleura, second segment in the middle quite halt the length of the first, intervening suture quite straight, third and, fourth short ; underside clothed with yellowish scales. This species may be identified by the absence of superficial inequalities, almost uniform coloration, and by the basal margin of the thorax being depressed and densely covered with small yellow scales; this last peculiarity I have not noticed in other species. Length (rost. excl.) 1}; breadth { line. Broken River (Mr. J. H. Lewis) ; a single specimen, J Sympedius rectirostris, sp. n. Compact, convex, subovate, variegate, densely squamose ; antennz and tarsi ferrugineous. Rostrum about as long as thorax, not arched, its basal half slightly expanded towards the eyes and bearing grey squame, the apical portion nearly nude and smooth. Thorax much, but not abruptly, narrowed anteriorly, with a pair of promi- nent light brown or testaceous crests at the apex; this 150 Major T. Broun on new Genera and frontal portion depressed, so that the basal part appears to be abruptly elevated and marginate with short erect scales ; the diseoidal squamosity is fuscous and overlapping, thus concealing the punctuation ; the lateral squamez are paler. Scutellum small. Elytra apparently striate, but their whole sculpture is rendered indistinct by the overlapping scales, most of which are dark, but paler on the third and fifth interstices, which look like interrupted ridges, the inner being most distinct ; near each side, in line with the hind thighs, some greyish scales are concentrated ; they are of the same width as the thorax at the base, but curvedly narrowed behind. Tarsi setose, penultimate articulation twice as broad as the second, transverse, with very short lobes. A veritable Sympedius, agreeing in most respects with S. testudo (889), but only about half its bulk, with the rostrum straight. The basal joint of the funiculus is ineras- sate, but does exceed the slender second in length ; the an- tennal insertion is exactly at the middle of the rostrum. It differs from S. lepidus (1683) in appearance and colora- tion; that species, however, has more slender tarsi, more abruptly dilated third joints, and more slender terminal ones ; the antenne are stouter and are implanted just before the middle. Length (rost. excl.) 13; breadth ? line. Otara, Southland. One sent to me by Mr, A. Philpott in November 1894. OM@ACALLES, gen. nov. Body. compact, convex, subovate, broadest at the middle and tapering towards both extremities, squamose. Legs elongate and rather slender; tibiz straight, uncinate at apex. Scape rather slender, incrassate apically, barely reaching the eye. Funiculus 7-articulate, basal two joints obconical, of nearly equal length, neither elongate; 3-6 rather longer than broad, almost moniliform, seventh trans- verse; club ovate. Hyes depressed, subtriangular, truncate below and nearly so behind. The scrodes extend from the middle of the rostrum to the eyes. Pectoral canal deep in front, continued between the vertical lateral borders of the mesosternum in front of the middle cox, and extending as a smooth sloping surface as far as the truncate suture of the short metasternum, and not bounded there by any raised hind margin. Basal ventral segment medially flattened, with the intercoxal suture quite straight, rather larger than the second, which slopes back- wards to the level of the abbreviated third and fourth. a - Species of New-Zealand Coleoptera. 151 The sterual structure differentiates this genus from Acalles and its allies, Omeacalles perspicuus, sp. 0. Piceous, without nodosities ; rostrum, antennz, and tarsi red ; legs somewhat rufescent ; the body densely clothed with variegated scales and erect setie. _ Rostrum arched, moderately slender, rather longer than thorax, subparallel, nearly glabrous, finely punctate. Thorar as long as broad, a good deal narrowed anteriorly, mode- rately coarsely and closely punctured; covered with flat scales, mostly tawny brown, some blackish near the base, with a greyish or testaceous streak along the middle in front ; the coarse erect setz are chiefly pale testaceous grey. Scutellum absent. Elytra but little broader than thorax at the base, curvedly narrowed backwards, apparently regularly punctate-striate; the squamosity like that of the thorax, with numerous irregular dark specks ; the suture at the apex is testaceous ; the fourth interstices, near the middle, bear distinct grey spots ; the setz also are variegated. Legs with coarse erect pale sete, but near the knees dark spots occur. Femora darkly grooved near the apex. Length (rost. excl.) 1?; breadth { line. Waitakerei Range, Auckland. Described from three specimens in my own collection. TorILvs, gen. nov. Body compact, squamose. Thorax bisinuate at the base, so that the obtuse posterior angles appear to cover the shoulders. Scutellum distinct. Hlytra cordiform, of the same width as the thorax at the base. Rostrum arched, moderately broad, gradually narrowed towards the middle, rather less expanded at the apex than near the eyes, just in front of these slightly notched at each side. Palpi short, rigid and porrect. Scrobes invisible above, extending from before the middle, below the surface, to the lower and front part of the eyes, deep throughout their whole length. Scape flexuous, rather slender, mode- rately iucrassate towards the extremity; it does not attain the eye. Funiculus 7-articulate, basal joint remarkably short, hardly more than half the length of the second, which is slender and elongate; third and fourth a little longer than broad ; seventh transverse, evidently broader than the sixth; club ovate, not very perceptibly articulated. Hyes acuminate 152 Major T. Broun on new Genera and in front. Femora long and stout, grooved and angulate, and medially dentiform underneath. Tibie rather short, with stout terminal hooks. Tarsi setose below, penultimate joint only moderately dilated and lobed. Pectoral canal extends to just behind the middle coxe, limited by elevated borders. Metasternum very short, so that the posterior coxz almost touch the intermediate. Basal ventral segment twice the length of the second, the suture between them medially angulate; third and fourth moderately short. The principal distinguishing characters are the unusually short basal joint of the funiculus, the constriction at the base of the rostrum, the overlapped humeral angles, and dentate femora. Torilus griseicollis, sp. n. Convex, subovate, opaque, piceous ; rostrum pitchy red, antenne and tarsi ferrugineous; thorax covered with yellowish-grey scales, the elytra with dark variegated squame. Rostrum slightly longitudinally rugose and punctate, with pale brown scales at its base. Club pubescent, similar to the funiculus in colour. Thorax a third broader than long, its frontal half much, but not very abruptly, contracted, its extreme apex pale brown; near the middle there are two small crests ; an ill-defined carina extends from the base to beyond the middle; the inflated sides bear pale reddish- brown squame, and near the middle of the base there are a few dark ones; the punctuation is hidden. Scutellum small, piceous. Elytra broadest near the middle, much narrowed and nearly vertical behind, their sides inflexed ; when looked at sideways they are seen to be most elevated near the thorax ; they are striate-punctate; the basal portion is uneven, a series of small brown crests almost forms a curve from one side to the other, but is least distinct near the suture, on the summit of the posterior declivity. Unabraded specimens may be more variegated, and probably have a more definite arcuate area on the hind-body. Underside clothed with depressed greyish scales; third and fifth ventral segments infuscate. Length (rost. excl.) 12; breadth 1 line. Broken River. Described from a specimen found by Mr. J. H. Lewis. Species of New-Zealand Coleoptera. 153 ONIaAs, gen. nov. Rostrum shorter than thorax, subparallel. The scrobes begin at or just before the middle of the rostrum and ex- tend along the sides, below the upper surface, to the eyes. Scape subclavate for half of its length, slender near the base, attaining the eye. Funiculus 7-articulate, first joint thick, second of similar form and length but more slender, 3-6 gradually decrease in length, seventh short and transverse ; club ovate. Thorax without ocular lobes, rather longer than broad, base bisinuate. Scufellum absent. E/ytra cordate, as wide as thorax at the base. Femora simple, long and stout, grooved near the extremity. Tibie short, flexuous, uncinate. Tarsi slender, nearly glabrous underneath, with only a few fine set on their third joint. Pectoral canal \imited between the intermediate coxze by elevated borders. Metasternum short. Basal ventral segment broadly rounded between the coxze, its apical suture quite straight ; it is about double the length of the second; third and fourth, conjointly, as long as the second ; the terminal narrow, depressed at each side. Differentiated from Tylodes, Acalles, and their nearest allies by the nearly glabrous soles of the tarsi, abdominal structure, hair-like vestiture, &c. Metacalles has a long rostral canal, the base of the thorax is truncate, and the abdomen differs. Onias latisulcatus, sp. n. Convex, subovate, piceous ; apex of rostrum distinctly red ; tibize ferrugineous ; antenne testaceous or rufescent ; clothed with minute dark fuscous and paler squamez and numerous outstanding sete. Rostrum longitudinally sculptured and punctate, squamose near the base, smooth but not definitely carinate along the middle. Thorax rather longer than broad, widest just behind the middle, more, yet only gradually, narrowed in front than behind ; coarsely and closely punctured, broadly channelled along the middle, and with a very slender carina or smooth line in the middle of the depression; at each side of this a few paler scales almost form spots. Elytra strongly rounded laterally, much narrowed, and nearly vertical be- hind ; they are rather short; with series of oblong punctures along the middle, so as to appear regularly striate-punctate there; this area, from the base to the middle, is bordered by Ann, & Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 8. Vol. iv. 11 154 Major T. Broun on new Genera and a ridge formed by suberect testaceous or pale brown scales, on each shoulder there is usually a shorter dark one ; there is also a transverse pale spot at each side in line with the hind thigh; the lateral punctuation is coarse, sometimes foveiform. The /egs bear numerous dark outstanding sete. Underside dull piceous, with rather coarse punctures; in each of these there is a depressed, elongated, yellowish scale; the fifth ventral segment is rufescent and broadly depressed at each side. 3 ?. Length 3-14 (rost. excl.) ; breadth 4-3 line. Broken River (Mr. J. H. Lewis). Another of his nume- rous discoveries amongst fallen leaves and twigs. Obs.—1424 must be removed from Acalles, so as to become known as Onias sentus, Onias ornatus, sp. n. Convex, medially contracted, opaque, piceo-rufous ; ros- trum entirely shining pitchy red; tarsi and antenne pale ferrugineous ; clothing variegate, pale brick-red and blackish, the long erect setze numerous, very conspicuous on the legs as well as the body, and quite fuscous. Rostrum finely and distantly punctate in front, longitu- dinally sculptured behind, with a few fusco-testaceous squame at the base. Thoraa about a fourth longer than broad, evidently broadest behind the middle, gradually narrowed anteriorly, more strongly and obliquely towards the base ; rather coarsely and closely punctured, nearly bare and a little shining at the apex and along the middle; the pale reddish elongated squamz somewhat concentrated along each side of the broad, yet long, central depression. Elytra only about a fourth longer than the thorax, much wider at and before the middle than at the base, so that the body seems much contracted at the middle; they are almost vertical behind; they are striate-punctate ; at the base, near the suture, there are two short elevations, composed of elongate slightly rufescent squame ; along the sides and on the back the scales are shorter, but of similar colour, but there is a blackish, slightly raised, squamose spot on each shoulder, another "farther back and nearer the suture, one on the suture at the middle, and two on each side of the summit of the posterior declivity, the inner one the larger. Easily distinguishable from O. latisulcatus by the brighter and more rufescent vestiture, by the thorax and elytra being appreciably broader near the middle ; the scales are more Species of New-Zealand Coleoptera. 155 clongate on the thorax, and there is no carina in the median depression, &e. Underside piceous, with greyish-yellow setiform scales ; basal ventral segment broadly depressed, deeply and coarsely but not closely punctured; the intervals densely and very minutely sculptured, the fifth slightly rufescent, its punctua- tion rather shallow ; it is not visibly depressed at the sides. Length (rost. excl.) 1; breadth quite 4 line. Broken River (Mr. J. H. Lewis). Mesoreda sulcifrons, sp. n. Elongate, suboblong, convex, piceo-rufous; densely covered with somewhat elongate scales, dark brown, tawny, or nearly white. Rostrum rather longer than thorax, moderately slender, parallel, hardly at all arched above ; apical portion with a few fine punctures and slender hairs, but appearing nude ; the basal portion closely punctured and covered with tawny scales. Thorax a good deal contracted and a little depressed in front, distinctly and very closely punctate, the intervals narrow and somewhat rugose ; most of the squamosity dark, but with a large grey patch near each hind angle ; there is a narrow longitudinal median ridge; the apical scales are slightly raised, but do not form distinct crests; its base is strongly bisinuate. Scutellum greyish. Elytra oblong and of about the same width as the thorax till near the apex ; they are striate, with numerous minute punctures on the interstices, which seem more or less rugose ; the sutural area from the base to near the middle bears many white squame with slightly elevated, broad, fuscous borders; pallid scales also form a sort of interrupted arch behind the basal area, and extending from one shoulder to the other; there is a transverse patch on the hind declivity; the rest of their surface is covered with dark or tawny squame and short, coarse, erect seta. Antenne rather slender ; scape nearly glabrous ; funiculus elongate, basal joint subpyriform, joints 2-7 gradually incrassate, seventh very transverse, so that the long articu- lated club is not very obviously marked off. Femora laterally compressed, notched near the extremity, but not distinctly dentate below. Tibia slightly flexuous, the two hind pairs slightly prominent externally near the base and extremity, Tarsi with greyish sete. Differentiated from M. orthorhina (1625) by an clougate 156 Major T. Broun on new Genera and inter-ocular depression, by the thoracic ridge, the basal elevations on the elytra, more slender antenne, and variegated squamosity. ?. Length (rost. excl.) 21; breadth 1} line. Timaru; one found by Mr. W. L. Wallace amongst leaves on the ground and another from Mr. A. Philpott, of Inver- cargill. KENTRAULAX, gen. nov. Rostrum stout, shorter than thorax, contracted medially. Scrobes deep, quite exposed above, beginning just before the middle and extending to the lower and front part of the eyes. Antenne short and stout. Scape thick, gradually incrassate, but not clavate at the extremity ; it does not reach the eye. Funiculus7-articulate ; basa) joint obconical, not elongate; joints 2-7 gradually becoming thicker, trans- verse; the triarticulate oviform club not at all distinctly marked off. Therax with rounded sides very abruptly con- tracted, but not depressed in front; base bismuate, without ocular lobes. Scutellum distinct. Hlytra oblong, of the same breadth as thorax, gradually and slightly narrowed posteriorly. Femora deeply notched and grooved near the extremity. Anterior ¢ilie with a stout median mucro at its front face, and also angulate at the inner and outer extre- mities. Tarsi with brush-like soles, third joint expanded, its lobes narrowly separated. Hyes quite truncate in front. Pectoral canal not deep, rather narrow between the front cox, not limited behind by the triangular mesosternal process, which has prominent front angles, the mesosternum itself being broadly depressed in front of the coxe from one side to the other ; the canal borders are not at all sharply defined laterally, being, indeed, thick and broad, and, near the front, each side bears a strong, remarkable, spiniform protuberance. In Oreda notata the rostral canal is deep and limited throughout by elevated borders, the mesosternal precess being in contact with the front coxe, which are widely separated ; the cavity is very deep and extends behind the anterior coxe. In Aldonus the canal terminates at the thickly pubescent hind face of the prosternum, and the broad depressed frontal portion of the mesosternum intervenes between its broad process and the flattened area between the anterior coxe. Kentraulax should be placed near these two genera, but is distinguished from both by the conspicuous protuberance at Speetes of New-Zealand Coleoptera. 157 each side of the rostral canal. The middle and hind tibiz are medially angulate externally and prolonged at the outer extremity, the former most distinctly, so that their structure is somewhat similar to that of Psepholaz. The genus is instituted for the more systematic location of Oreda murina (864), which now becomes Kentraulax murina. Getacalles favosus, sp. n. Convex, suboblong, opaque, rough ; densely covered with variegated, small, depressed, and some elongated upright squamze, yellowish brown or testaceous, the darker colour predominates, the lighter form crests and cover the suture of the elytra from behind the middle to the apex; antenn and tarsi ferrugineous. Rostrum moderately arched, parallel, thick, quite as long as thorax, constricted near the eyes, closely punctate, covered with rufo-fuscous scales almost to its apex. Thorax in front only about half the width of the basal portion, depressed and obtusely prominent, but not distinctly crested there ; the larger basal part with two small pale crests near the front and two near the middle further apart, its sides rough, with pale outstanding squame. Seutellum very distinct, greyish. Elytra with thick humeral angles projecting beyond the base of the thorax ; with coarse irregular punctures or foveze and irregularly formed, slightly raised intervals, so as to appear somewhat favose ; they bear about twenty more or less evident crests or nodosities, the most conspicuous being situated behind the middle. Legs roughly squamose. Underside squamose, pale brown, the sides of the terminal segments blackish. In Tychanus, the nearest ally, the rostral canal extends to the middle of the intermediate cox, where it is deep or cavernous ; but in this species the hind part has a frontal slope, so that the tip of the rostrum cannot penetrate delow the margin of the mesosternal process. The ventral seginents are on two distinct planes, the terminal three being sunk below the level of the epipleura ; the basal segment is more than double the length of the second in the middle, its hind suture is much sinuate, nearly vertical, and as densely squamose as its upper surface ; third and fourth moderately short. The scape is slender, flexuous, and a little incrassate towards the extremity. The fwniculus is longer ; second joint more slender than, but almost as long as, the first ; 158 Major T. Broun on new Genera and joints 3-7 gradually thickened. C/ud quadriarticulate, basal joint as large as the following three combined ; in Tychanus it is triarticulate. Distinguished from the other species by its very asperate hind body and pallid suture. Length (rost. excl.) 1}; breadth 14 line. Ligar’s Bush, Papakura. Two specimens in my own collection. B2ZORHYNCHODES, gen. nov. Body very convex, nearly as high behind the middle as it is broad ; compact, oval, squamose. Rostrum elongate, rather slender, almost quite parallel- sided. Mandibles distinct. Scrobes lateral, beginning at the middle and extending to the eyes. Head short, on a rather higher plane than the rostrum, smooth and subglobular below. yes large, finely facetted, subtruncate in front. Scape slender, almost attaining theeye. Funiculus elongate, basal joint stouter and a little longer than second ; joints 3-7 gradually incrassate. Club elongate-oval. Thoraz conical, without ocular lobes. Elytra subcordate, closely adapted to base of thorax, bisinuate, and only slightly wider at the shoulders than the base of thorax. Legs moderately long but stout ; tibiz thickly mucronate at extremity. Tarsi setose above ; basal two joints scantily clothed, third densely clothed with grey hairs underneath ; basal two joints moderately slender, third rather widely expanded, deeply excavate above, but with very short lobes. Pectoral canal deep, wide in front; its raised margins extend to hind part of the intermediate coxe. Metasternum short, somewhat uneven, and on a higher plane than the ventral segments. Abdomen with five segments, the first on a higher level than second, and, in the middle, nearly the Jength of the following two combined ; third and fourth each shorter than second, yet not much abbreviated; 2—4 with deep sutures ; fifth subconical. Very similar to Euthyrhinus; the scrobes, however, are not abbreviated, and do not extend to the lower surface of the rostrum ; the sternal canal differs, and the elytral apices are not acuminate. In Rhynchodes the scrobe attaius the eye (which is more pointed in front) and begins before the middle; the scape consequently is proportionately longer, the rostrum differs, and so does the pectoral canal. Baeorhyn- chodes, in fact, is intermediate between the genera ¢ited. Species of New-Zealand Coleoptera. 159 Beorhynchodes cristatus, sp. n. Subopaque, nigro-piceous ; the legs, rostrum, and antennz rufo-piceous. Head apparently impressed between the eyes, with slender dark grey squame. Rostrum finely punctate, with some slender hairs near the base, not distinctly carinate, Thorax much narrowed, but not abruptly constricted in front, with two erect crests just over the head and an indistinct one at the middle of each side; there is a depression before the scutellum ; the surface distinctly but not coarsely or closely punctured ; its squamosity decumbent, disposed irregularly, and nearly as dark as the derm. Scutellwm distinct, nearly white, H/ytra sharply limited or marginate laterally and rufescent ; sides inflexed, asperate, and with fovea-like impressions ; each elytron has four series of about ten deep elongate depressions, which can hardly be called punctures, and do not form striz, all being plainly separated ; the lateral or fifth series are very coarse ; on the suture, at the middle, there is a well-marked dark crest ; in front of this, on the suture only, whitish scales extend to the scutellum ; inter- stices finely punctured ; the squamz are dark but not coarse, are nearly concolorous, and do not entirely cover the surface ; the posterior declivity is not quite vertical. Legs with short grey and blackish sete; femora not deeply notched below ; intermediate tibie thickened and arched just below the knees, the others nearly straight. The upper vestiture of the tarsi is remarkable, the third joint of the anterior bearing coarse outstanding sete. Length (rost. excl.) 24 ; breadth 14 line. Broken River. Unique. Although not showy, this species is, to me, a very attractive little weevil. Mr. J. H. Lewis discovered it. Group Anthribidz. Anthribus lewisi, sp. n. Nigrescent, tomentose, variegate ; the front of rostrum greyish or pale tawny; scutellum and a spot in front of it white ; two small basal crests on the elytra and five or six smaller spots near the sides tawny; along the elytral suture there are six dull intensely black marks, and about as many more nearer the sides ; the pygidium is greyish ; legs of a chocolate hue, with a grey spot on the middle and another at the extremity of the tibiz. Rostrum shorter than thorax, flat and a little expanded in 160 On new New-Zealand Coleoptera. front. Antenne inserted medially below the sides ; second joint almost as stout as, but longer than, the exposed portion of first; 3-5 elongate and nearly equal; 6-8 rather shorter, but more incrassate at apex; club moderate, basal joint longest and subtriangular, second transverse, terminal short, oval, Eyes oblique, entire, oval, and prominent. Thorax scarcely broader than long, a little narrower in front than behind, only moderately rounded laterally ; its punctuation not distinct; at the sides there are a few small granules; there is a crested prominence on the middle; the carina is near the base at the middle, but further from it at the sides; posterior angles not sharply defined. dytra slightly uneven above, distinctly broader than thorax at the base, apices obtusely rounded ; they have series of small punctures, which are more or less interrupted by the small crests. A. brouni has the eyes lateral and longitudinally oval, instead of being oblique and more on the upper part of the head; the rostrum is longer and evidently narrower ; the basal thoracic carina differs, and the antennz are longer, with more elongated joints. A. dullatus is its nearest congener. Length (rost. incl.) 24; breadth Z line. Broken River. One individual, discovered by Mr. J. H. Lewis, whose name has been given to it. Anthribus philpotti, sp. n. Rostrum in front as broad as the head, excluding the eyes, feebly incurved; the back covered with grey hairs. Thorax transverse, its sides strongly rounded, distinctly and closely punctate, clothed chiefly with dark hairs, but with a narrow srey streak near the base ; the carina fine, medially angulate, distant from the basal margin and bent forward at the sides ; there are two small apical crests. Scutellum small, grey. Elytra wider than thorax at the base, oblong, parallel, finely but distinctly striate-punctate ; each elytron bears a large basal prominence, a smaller one behind the middle, and two still smaller on top of the posterior declivity, the inner the larger of the two; the clothing consists of greyish, brown, and dark hairs, so intermingled that no definite spots are formed ; each shoulder is covered with greyish-yellow pubes- cence, and thus appears conspicuous. Legs and tarsi pubes- cent, variegate, testaceous, and fuscous. Antenne as long as the hody, inserted in foveiform cavities at the sides ; basal two joints stout and of the same length, the first with distinct grey pub«scence ; third about a third longer than fourth, clavate at the extremity ; joints 4-9 also Geological Society. 161 elongate, ninth gradually thickened, tenth only slightly longer than broad, eleventh oviform ; they are fusco-testa- ceous. yes prominent, transverse, evidently emarginate in front. General ground-colour piceous. Its systematic position is near A. lanuginosus (968). Length (rost. incl.) 13; breadth 2 line. Invercargill. One specimen on cardboard submitted for identification by Mr. A. Philpott, after whom I have named it. [To be continued. ] PROCEEDINGS OF LEARNED SOCIETIES. GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. June 16th, 1909.—Prof. W. J. Sollas, LL.D., Sc.D., F.R.S., President, in the Chair. The following communications were read :— 1. ‘ The Carboniferous Limestone of County Clare.’ By James Archibald Douglas, M.A., B.Sc., F.G.S. The district with which this paper deals forms the westernmost limit of the great central Carboniferous Limestone plain of Ireland. The limestone floors nearly the whole of Eastern Clare, from the southern shore of Galway Bay to the banks of the Shannon. This area, for the purposes of description, is divided into two main districts. The whole of the northern region is formed by a vast elevated plateau of Upper or Viséan Limestone, with a surface more than 100 square miles in extent, which rises on the north and east in steep terraced cliffs, but to the south-west dips gently below the so-called ‘ Coal-Measure’ Series. The surface of this plateau is formed of bare rock, devoid of vegetation and presenting the typical appearance of a Karst landscape. The rainfall is consider- able, but is nearly all carried off by subterranean channels. The southern district presents a totally different aspect. The high ground is no longer formed of limestone: that on the east being formed by Old Red Sandstone and Silurian rocks, that on the west by Coal-Measures. ‘lhe older formations appear as two anticlinal flexures with a north-easterly trend, forming the mountains of Slieve Aughty and Slieve Bernagh, between which lies a broad syncline of Carboniferous Limestone. The margin of this syncline is formed by Tournaisian shales and limestone, the successive zones Ann, & Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 8. Vol. iv. 12 162 Geological Society. of which can be traced round its outcrop, while the Viséan linte- stones occupy the core. Much of the country is obscured by drift, chiefly derived from the underlying rocks. A study of the limestone-fauna shows that the Geological Survey boundary between the Upper and Lower Limestones corresponds with the transition from a Tournaisian to a Viséan fauna; the Lower Limestone cannot, however, be separated from the underlying shales; and the Middle or ‘Calp’ Limestone contains a fauna distinct from that of the Upper or Burren Limestone, although they are not separable on lithological grounds. An account is given of the zones recognized in County Clare, and a correlation made with the sequence in other British localities. The Old Red Sandstone is succeeded, to all appearance conform- ably, by a thin series of sandy shales containing brachiopods characteristic of the Cletstopora-Zone, at the base of which a band is found containing abundant Modioliform lamellibranchs. The Zaphrentis-Zone is well developed, the clathratus-subzone forming the top of the Lower Limestone-Shales, and the konincki-subzone the lower stratified limestone. The most remarkable portion of the whole sequence is included in the Syringothyris-Zone, which is represented by massive grey and white mottled limestones with a luxuriant molluscan fauna, - large cephalopods being especially abundant. These beds show evidence of deposition in shallow water, affording further proof of a mid-Avonian period of upheaval, The fauna is compared with that of the Waulsortian phase of Belgium. The incoming of a Viséan fauna is well marked at the base of the Seminula-Zone ; in the middle of this zone occurs an important bed of oolitic limestone, with abundant gasteropods. The Dibunophyllum-Zone attains a thickness equal to that seen in the Midland area. D, is chiefly characterized by the abundance of simple Dibunophylla, Cyatho- phylum murchisoni, Clisiophyllid Lithostrotions, and Productus latissimo-giganteus ; D, by the occurrence of Lonsdalia and Cyatho- phylum regium ; and D, by the abundance of Zaphrentids, Caninia, and Densiphyllids, and the apparent absence of Clisiophyllids and Lithostrotions. An account of the chief fossil localities, under the headings of the separate Baronies, is then given, and the paper concludes with paleontological notes. 2, ‘A New Species of Sthenurus. By Ludwig Glauert, F.G.S. In a large collection of remains of extinct Marsupial mammals from the Mammoth Cave, Margaret River (Western Australia), the Author recognized several mandibles of a new kangaroo of the genus Sthenurus. He now communicates a detailed description of one specimen, and shows that the new species most nearly resembles Sthenurus oreas (De Vis) and Sth. atlas (Owen). ae Geological Society. 163 3. ‘Some Reptilian Remains from the Trias of Lossiemouth.’ By D. M. 8. Watson, B.Sc. The fore limb of Ornithosuchus woodwardi is shown in a specimen in the Manchester Museum, It is small, only about one-half the size of the hind leg. The scapula is much expanded at both ends, and is indistinguishably fused with the coracoid. The latter bone is pierced by a large foramen, The humerus is a slender bone, somewhat twisted, but not much expanded at the ends; it has a distinct ectepicondylar groove. The ulna is very broad at the proximal end, but narrows distally; its proximal portion forms a thin plate of bone. The radius crosses the ulna, its proximal end lying entirely in front of it, while the distal ends of the two bones lie side by side. The carpus cannot be made out. Only meta- carpals 1, 2, and 3 are functional; but a possible representative of 4 lies closely pressed to the back of the other three. Both phalanges of digit 1 are preserved, the last being a strong claw. Ornithosuchus is restored as an animal walking on all fours, with the head carried rather low. The proportions are identical with those of dZ/osaurus. A description is given of the skeleton of a very small reptile, interesting as recalling tosaurus in its armour, and because it shows the whole of the animal except the tail. 4, ‘Some Reptilian Tracks from the Trias of Runcorn (Cheshire),’ By D. M. 8. Watson, B.Sc. Very little information exists as to the tracks of the smaller reptilia of the Trias, although several types of footprints have been described from isolated examples. Four types of tracks which occur on the slab of sandstone from Weston Point, described in 1840 by Dr. Black, are discussed in this paper. They belong to forms generally included in the Rhynchosauroid types and to the footprint I, Beasley. Both pes and manus are impressed in three of the cases, the other being so small that it is doubtful whether the manus would have made a recognizable impression if it did touch the ground. Footprint A 2, Beasley, has a manus very similar to the pes, but showing some traces of the palm. Footprint A 8, spec. noy., has five toes in the pes connected by a web. The manus is also five-toed, but corresponds to some extent to I, Beasley. There is a well-marked tail-streak in the track. E, Beasley, which is very similar to I, really has five digits, the fifth being directed backwards and only just touching the ground. A very small footprint is described as A 9. It is suggested that some of these prints may quite well belong to such Thecodonts as Ornithosuchus. 164 Miscellaneous. 5. ‘The Anatomy of Lepidophloios laricinus, Sternb.’ By D. M. 8. Watson, B.Se. A specimen of Lepidophloics laricinus, found in one of the coal- balls of Lancashire, shows the internal structure. The species is” new, and is of the ordinary lepidodendroid type, but is remarkable for the great size and strength of the corona and the leaf-traces. Lepidophloios acadianus, Dawson, which is identical with I. laricinus, appears to differ in its internal structure, in having still stronger protoxylem-points and leaf-traces. Lematophloios crassicaule, Corda, which is L. acerosus, L. & H., appears to resemble greatly the Lancashire specimen of L. laricinus in its structure, and is quite distinct from the specimen of the same form described by Cash & Lomax. Lepidodendron fuliginosum, Will., a structural species, appears to include a specimen the external structure of which corresponds with Lepidophloios acerosus, Lepidodendron obovatum, L. aculeatum, and Sigillaria discophora, Under these circumstances, it is proposed to take no account of the impression-species in considering the synonymy of the structural specimens, and vice versa. When the exterior of a structural specimen is actually known, it may be referred to by the name of the structural species, with that of the impression-species added in brackets. MISCELLANEOUS. Burimeister’s ‘Genera quaedam Insectorum.’ Rererrinc to Mr. Sherborn’s notes in the last number of the ‘ Annals,’ on the dates of publication of this work, and having in my library parts 1 to 9 in the original wrappers as issued, as well as a complete copy in the original boards, 1 am able to make some corrections and clear up the questions upon which he is in doubt. Thrips and Phloo‘hrips were issued in part 6 (not in 5). Eudi- nopus was also issued in this part. Platygenia, which he states he cannot find, was issued in part 7. Phthirius was issued in part 4, and the “ Carton” is a correction, not an addition as he states, and with Lystra and Phenaw “ Carton” must have been issued in part 10 as he suggests. A titlepage bearing “ Vol. i. Rhynchota,” 1838, with the Preface dated October 1837, was issued in part 1; but, as other orders were included in the later parts, another titlepage, with ‘* Rhynchota ‘6 omitted and dated 1838-1845, was issued with the last part, and this should be taken as the correct date of publication, 1837 being the date the Preface was written. Each of the ten parts comprised four plitcs with the corre- sponding text. O. E. Janson. July 3rd, 1909. a Fag + ole ee a ee eae THE ANNALS MAGAZINE OF NATURAL HISTORY, [EIGHTH SERIES.] No, 21. SEPTEMBER 1909. XVIT.—A Revision of the Australian Species of the Genus Scolia. By Rowianp EK. Turner, F.Z.S., F.E.S. AUSTRALIA is not very rich in species of Scolia, but as there has been some confusion in the naming and as to the sexes, I think a revision may be useful. Probably more species will be discovered in the Discolia group, for which I have had east material available, but my material in other groups has been very extensive. In addition to the series in the British Museum, I have been able to use the fine series sent by Mr. H. M. Giles from Western Australia and my own collection from Queensland. The divisions into genera and subgenera are more convenient than natural, the neuration, on which the division is founded, often differing in the most nearly allied species. I have been obliged to sink the name Elis used by Saussure for the species with two recurrent nervures, seeing that the Fabrician definition of Elis is almost certainly taken from a male Plesta. The name must therefore be used for Plesia, Jur., over which I think it has priority, and not for the genus to which it is usually applied and for which Campsomeris, Lep., must be used, Outside the genus Scolia, taken in the wider sense, the family Scoliidz is represented in Australia by a single species of Tiphia, which, as far as I know, only occurs in tropical Queensland, and by a considerable number of species of Anthobosca, a genus now entirely confined to the continents Ann, & Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 8. Vol. iv. 13 166 Mr R. E. Turner on the of the Southern Hemisphere, but which is apparently iden- tical with a fossil genus Geotiphia, recently described by Cockerell from North America ; showing that the genus had a much more extensive range in the past. 1 look on the genus as in some respects a link between Scol/a and the Thynnide, and think it not improbable that it is older than either of those groups. The genera Afyzine and Plesia are entirely absent from Australia and the single species of Tiphia is evidently a Malayan immigrant. Individuals of some of the species of Scolia are very numerous and several of the species seem to range over almost the whole continent. D¢el’s radula and formosa are the commonest species in Queensland. The paucity of species is probably due to the absence of natural barriers and to their suitability for a dry climate ; whilst their powers of flight are not limited, as in the case of the Mutillide and Thynnide, by a necessity for an apterous female being carried by the male. Key to the Australian Species of Scolia. A. Fore wing with one recurrent nervure. a, Three closed discoidal cells ............ Liacos insularis, Sm. b. Two closed discoidal cells.............. Genus Scolva. wi Three chnbitaleells sess eae Subgenus Triscolia. a’, Black, third abdominal segment spotted with yellow. a‘. Vertex with a transverse yellow WRG uc oiate eel bs sete S. frontalis, Sauss. (typical). b+. Vertex without a yellow band. S. frontalis, st. obscuriceps. °.. Entirely black. 25.6 2.285 2/3510 « S. frontalis, st. nicoladonit. B.. Twa, culatalicelise; 2: ¢. sy. gh sabre ee Subgenus Discolia. a. Sntirely black.< gs sae. Ee ae S. soror, Sm. 6°, Vertex marked with yellow ...... S. verticalis, Fabr. B. Fore wing with two recurrent nervures .. Genus Caimpsomeris. a, “Three*cubital cellaeeee eae. hacen te Subgenus Triclis. a’, Three closed discoidal cells ........ C. ferruginea, Fabr. &?. Two closed discoidal cells. a®, Wing dark fusco-yiolaceous. ae, SHATULTCLY DIREC see assets hes nse 2 oe C. anthracina, Burm. b*. Third abdominal segment spotted with yellow.... C. anthracina, var. consanguinea, Sauss. 6%. Wings flavyo-hyaline,abdomen banded with orange. a*, Second and third dorsal segments with large orange lateral spots.. C. giles?. b+. Second and third dorsal segments evenly banded with orange. a’, The orange bands narrow and HB Wee a tia pisos a nie's oe coe C. zonata, Sm. 6°. The bands very broad, the second and third segments narrowly black at the apex. ~ aoe yt Skee? - ever mae’ 7 2 Australian Species of the Genus Scolia. 167 a*. The whole dise of the meso- notum punctured oe eee eee b°. The disc of the mesonotum .. C.flavidula, Sm. with a smooth area.... C. flavidula, st. congener. &. Two eubital cells ee a*, Black, with fascie of white pubescence at the apex of abdominal segments .. %*. Abdomen banded with yellow. a’. First dorsal segment entirely black . 6°. First dorsal segment marked with yellow, .. Subgenus Dielis. C. carinifrons. C. radula, Fabr. a‘, Second recurrent nervure com- plete. Abdominal bands broad and yellow 4‘. Second recurrent nervure incom- 1 . C. formosa, Guér. plete. Abdominal bands nar- rower and orange A. Fore wing with one recurrent nervure. a. Three closed discoidal cells 6. Two closed discoidal cells @. Three cubital cells ........esse00. a*. Third dorsal segment spotted wit ee . C. subopaca. . Liacos insularis, Sm. . Genus Scolia. . Subgenus Triscolia. h yellow, sides of the pronotum yellow RG GO Re Pe eee S. frontalis, Sauss, (typical). 6°. Third dorsal segment spotted with yellow, pronotum wholly black . ©. Two cubital cells .......0..00. eva a’, Entirely black. S. frontalis, st. obscuriceps. . Subgenus Descolia. a‘, Second ventral segment tuberculate at base . SS. commirta. 6‘. Second ventral segment not tuber- culate. a’. Pubescence black 6°. Pubescence cinereous 5°. Vertex marked with orange B. Fore wing with two recurrent nervures ee erree ONUIUAL GEIB. oi, cco ge ccewmecvn a*®, Three closed discoidal cells 6?. Two closed discoidal cells. a®, Wings dark fusco-violaceous. a*. Entirely black b*, Third abdominal segment spotted nid BM wield Hise pe S. soror, Sm. aoe wan S. pygmea, Sauss. are cee S. verticalis, Fabr. Genus Campsomeris. Subgenus T'rielis. C. ferruginea, Fabr. C. anthracina, Burm. with yellow .... (C. anthracina, var. consanguinea, Sauss. 4, Wings hyaline or flavo-hyaline. Ab- domen banded with yellow. ’ at, Thorax immaculate, bands of abdo- men orange ee &, Thorax usually spotted on scutel- C. zonata, Sm, lum at least, bands of abdomen pale yellow. a’, Median segment marked with SHUG W is waxed exis) wheiaes « b°. Median segment entirely black . Meee wo Cubital Cells. oo ieee pe ctecsecee a?, Three basal abdominal segments banded narrowly with yellow. C. flavidula, Sm. C. gilest. 2 ate Dielis, 13* 168 Mr. R. E. Turner on the a’, Scutellum and postscutellum marked with yellow, ventral seginents 2 and 83 banded with yellow............ C. subopaca. 6°. Thorax and ventral segments entirely BLS ie katana ta tctah patatntgt averaiet ig C. gracilis, Sauss. b’. Six basal segments at least banded with yellow. a’, Clypeus entirely yellow. ai, Seventh segment banded with VEllOW us LEAR. pa eeee sate eae C. radula, Fabry. bs, Seventh segment black entirely .. C. carinifrons. b*, Clypeus yellow with a small black spot in the middle ; seventh segment Sititely DldGk “c/a, ease ee hts C. formosa, Guér. Genus Lracos, Guér. Subgenus Drrracos, Sauss. et Sichel. Liacos insularis, Sm: Scolia insularis, Sm. Journ. Proc. Linn. Soc., Zool. ili. p. 153 (1858), d. Hab. Mackay, Q. ; Cairns, Q. Female specimens from Queensland are a little more sparsely punctured on the thorax than Ké specimens, but otherwise do not differ. Males from the two localities show no difference. The species also ranges into the Solomon Islands, specimens from that locality having been recorded by Kirby as Diliacos dubia,Sm. The latter species described by Smith from Ceram does not appear to differ sufficiently from insularis, if Kirby’s identification of the female is correct. Genus Scotia, Fabr. Subgenus Triscoria, Sauss. et Sich. 1. Scolia frontalis, Sauss. Scolia frontalis, Sauss. Mém, Soc. phys. et hist. nat. Genéve, xiy. p. 38 (1854), g 9. Scolia coronata, Sm. Cat. Hym. B. M. iii. p. 112 (1855). Hab. Adelaide, S.A.; New South Wales; Eastern Queensland. The typical form from Eastern Australia has a yellow band on the vertex of the female and the sides of the pronotum yellow in the male. But in specimens from Port Darwin these yellow markings are absent in both sexes, the insects being entirely black with the exception of the yellow spots on the third abdominal segment. For this form I propose the name S, frontalis, st. obseurtceps. The spines of the Australian Species of the Genus Scolia, 169 hypopygium in the male are rather longer in Port Darwin Specimens than in the typical forms, but specimens from the east coast are not quite constant in this respect. S. nicola- dont, D.'l.,=leviceps, Kirby, must I think stand as another race distinguished by the abs-nce of all yellow markings. ‘The forms will stand :-— 1. Seolia (Triscolia) frontalis, Sauss., st. frontalis, Sauss. Eastern Australia. 2. Scolia (Triscolia) frontalis, Sauss., st. obscuriceps, st. nov. Port Darwin. 3. Scolia (Triscolia) frontalis, Sauss., st. nicoladonii, D.'T. South-western Australia. Subgenus Discoxra, Sauss. et Sich. 1. Scolia soror, Sm. Seolia soror, Sm. Cat. Hym. B. M. iii. p. 96. n. 50 (1854). Scolia cyanipennis, Lepel. Hist, nat. Insect. Hym. iii. p. 524 (1845) (nec Fabr.). Scolia viridipennis, Sm. Cat. Hym, B. M. iii. p. 96. n. 52 (1855), flab, Eastern Australia, Adelaide to Cairns. 2. Scolia pygmea, Sauss. Scolia pygmea, Sauss. Ann. Soc. Entom. France, (3) vi. p. 217 (1858), ¢. Hab, South-western Australia. ‘his may prove to be a geographical race of soror, Sm., but the sculpture differs. ‘lhe tubercle at the base of the second ventral segment of soror does not seem to be a good distinguishing character, as it is not present in any specimen I have seen. Probably Saussure contused two species under soror. In the present species the pubescence 1s cinereous, not black as in soror. 3. Scolia verticalis, Fabr. Scolia verticalis, Fabr. Syst. ent. p. 356 (1775). Scolia tuberculiventris, Sauss. Mém. Soc. phys. et hist. nat. Gendve, xiv. p. 47 (1854), ¢. Hab, The whole of the southern and eastern portions of Australia from Perth to Cooktown; probably also the north and north-west. The type is a male and is an unusually large specimen and has the spines of the hypopygium much longer than is usual in this species. But comparison of a long series shows 170 Mr. R. E. Turner on the that this is a very variable character, so I conclude that there is only one species of Discolia in Australia with a transverse orange band on the vertex. The tubercle at the base of the second ventral segment is always well marked in this species. 4. Scolia commiata, sp. n. ? Scolia soror, Sauss. et Sich. Spec. gen. Scolia, p. 126 (1864) (nec Smith), g@. Clypeus convex, sparsely punctured, truncate at the apex. Scape finely punctured ; antenne about.as long as the thorax and median segment combined, much shorter than in soror. Hcad sparsely punctured; the front below the anterior ocellus raised, smooth and opaque immediately below the ocellus, then closely punctured, longitudinally and very finely striated letween the antenne, the striated portion divided by a longitudinal sulcus which extends on to the punctured portion. Thorax sparsely and not very coarsely punctured, the mesonotum smooth in the middle and to the posterior margin; the median segment more closely and coarsely punctured at the apex. Abdomen closely punctured, more sparsely in the middle of the segments than on the sides ; the first segment very broad, not constricted or depressed at the apex, the second ventral segment with a tubercle in the middle at the base. Shining black, with black pubescence. Wings very dark fuscous, with strong blue and purple gloss. Length 18 mm. Hub. Port Darwin (J.J. Walker). Easily distinguished from soror by the short antenne and the tubercle on the second ventral segment. Genus CAMPSOMERIS, Lepel. Subgenus TRrexis, Sauss. et Sich. 1. Campsomeris anthracina, Burm. Scolia anthracina, Burm. Abh. naturf. Ges. Halle, i. pt. 4, p. 16 (1853), g Q. Elis ( Trielis) consanguinea, Sauss, Mém. Soc. phys. et hist. nat. Genéve, xiv. p. 50 (1854), d. Scolia bimaculata, Sm. Cat. Hym. B. M. iii. p. 115 (1855), g. 1 cannot see that consanguinea is more than an aberration in which there is an orange spot on each side of the third dorsal segment. This is the usual form of the male: speci- mens which are wholly black seem to be rare; but the female is very rarely marked with the orange spots. All the males Australian Species of the Genus Scolia. 171 I have seen without the orange spots are from South-west Australia and have the first abdominal segment broader than in Eastern specimens; but I can find no difference in the female. Should the difference between the males prove to be entirely local, consanguinea might stand as a subspecies. Hab. Eastern Australia, Adelaide to ‘loowoomba ; Swan River, W.A. 2. Campsomeris flavidula, Sm. Scolia flavidula, Sm. Cat. Hym. B. M. iii. p. 115 (1855), Q. Elis (Trielis) liturata, Sauss, et Sichel, Spec. gen. Seolia, p. 148 (1864), 2 : - - Elis (Trielis) australensis, Sauss. et Sichel, Spec. gen. Scolia, p. 144 (1864), ¢. Hab. South Australia. st. congener, nom, nov. Elis ( Trielis) flavidula, Sauss, et Sich. Spec. gen. Scolia, p. 143 (1864), Q@ (nec Smith). This is distinguishable from the typical form by a smooth shining area on the disc of the mesonotum, and the colour of the wings, which in some specimens are flushed with purple at the apex. I have only seen one male and cannot be sure whether Saussure’s description of australensis applies to the typical form or the present. Hab. South-west Australia. 3. Campsomeris zonata, Sm. Scolia zonata, 8m. Cat. Hym. B. M. iii. p. 116 (1855), ¢ 9. Hab. Sydney, N.S.W. (Froggatt); Woodford, N.S.W. (G@. A. Waterhouse) ; Kuranda, Q. (Turner). The orange bands on the dorsal abdominal segments are at the base in both sexes. In a female specimen from Kuranda tle band on the third segment is almost obsolete, though well developed in other specimens from the same locality. 4. Campsomeris gilesi, sp. n. i @. Clypeus very coarsely longitudinally rugose; the apical margin depressed and smooth, very broadly rounded, most transverse. Scape smooth above, sparsely punctured beneath. Head shining, sparsely punctured, a large smooth area behind the ocelli, the posterior margin more closely punctured ; the sides of the clypeus, front above the base of the antenna, and the posterior margin of the head clothed 172 Mr. R. E. Turner on the with long fulvous pubescence. Thorax and median segment coarsely punctured and clothed with fulvous pubescence, the pubescence beneath grey ; a large, smooth, shining area on the disc of the mesonotum narrowly continued to the posterior margin; the middle of the seutellum broadly smooth; the median segment shorter than the postseutellum and bluntly produced on the middle of the apical margin. Abdomen very sparsely punctured, the sides of the segments thinly clothed with long grey hairs ; segments 2-5 with an apical fringe of long golden hairs, shorter and paler on the ventral surface. Apical segment longitudinally rugose, with a few very short, stiff, golden hairs. Black ; the second, third, and fourth dorsal segments with a yellow apical band; a large orange-yellow spot on each side of the second and third dorsal segments, sometimes joining in the middle; the spines of the tarsi ferruginous, the pubescence on the legs grey. Wings flavo-hyaline, flushed with purple at the apex of the fore wings ; nervures ferruginous. Length 29-35 mm. g. Clypeus almost transverse at the apex, very slightly rounded. Antenne very stout, the eight apical joints strongly arcuate beneath ; head and thorax punctured, a small smooth area on the disc of the mesonotum, the pubescence long, close and grey, light fulvous on the mesonotum ; the median segment shorter than the postscutellum, with an obscure longitudinal carina. Abdomen shallowly and not very closely punctured, the punctures large; the fourth segment finely and closely punctured at the base, the apex of the seventh segment smooth. Black; the clypeus, a minute spot on the postscutellum, a broad transverse band emarginate anteriorly in the middle close to the apex of the second and third dorsal abdominal segments, a transverse band broadest in the middle on the fourth and fifth segments, a narrow transverse band inter- rupted in the middle on ventral segments 2-5, and a spot on each side of the second and third ventral segments dull yellow; tegulz testaceous brown. Wings flavo-hyaline; nervures ferruginous. Some specimens have a yellow band on the first segment. The first abdominal segment is broad. The third cubital cell is strongly narrowed on the cubital nervure, more strongly in the male than in the female. Length 24 mm. Hab. Perth, W.A. (1/7. M. Giles), 8 2, 3 8; Sydney, N.S.W. (Froggatt), 192. This species seems to have been confused with australensis, Sauss., which I take to be the male of flavidula, Sm., and not Australian Species of the Genus Scolia. 175 of this species, the markings given in the description of australensis agreeing better with the smaller species. The markings on the ad of the present species vary considerably, some slate having the anterior margin of the pronotam narrowly yellow. A specimen from Kelmscott, W.A., has a small a ae spot on the scutellum and the anterior and intermediate femora and the anterior tibia beneath marked with yellow, but in the other specimens I have seen the legs are entirely black. ‘The female from Sydney has the tibie and tarsi dark ferruginous. 5. Campsomeris ferruginea, Fabr. Scolia ferruginea, Fabr. Syst. ent. p. 355 (1775), 9. Scolia fulva, Gray, Griffith Anim. Kingd. xv. p. 516 (1852), dQ. Hab, Cooktown, Cairns, Q. ; Port Darwin. This is not a true T'rielis, there being an extra discoidal cell as in Liacos, but there are two recurrent nervures; the difference in neuration between this species and other Australian 7rie/’s consisting in the presence of a transverse nervure connecting the two recurrent nervures aud thus forming an extra cell. Subgenus Dreuis, Sauss. et Sichel. 1. Campsomeris radula, Fabr. Tiphia radula, Fabr. Syst. ent. p. 354. n. 5 (1775), 9 Scolia septemeincta, Fabr. Syst. ent. p. 356. n. 10 (1775), ¢&. Elis (Inelis) sabulosa, Sauss, Ann, Lut. Soc. Franc. p. 235 (1858), 9. Scolia (Dielis) intrudens, Sm. Trans, Ent. Soc. London, p, 241 (1868), 2. Hab. North Queensland, Mackay to Cooktown (Turner) ; Strelley River, N.W. Australia (Giles); Champion Bay, W.A. (Du Boulay) ; Port Darwin (J. J. Walker). ‘Lhe male has no black spot on the clypeus and has all seven dorsal abdominal segments banded with yellow. On the ventral surface the yellow band at the apex of the third segment is produced upwards in the middle so as nearly to reach the base of the segment, but this latter mark is not quite constant. There is a similar mark on the second ventral segment, both in this species and in formosa, Guér., but the latter species never has the mark on the third segment so much developed as is usual in radula; formosa always has a small black spot in the middle of the clypeus and the seventh segment is not marked with yellow. 174 Mr. R. E. Turner on the 2. Campsomeris formosa, Guér. Scolia formosa, Guér. Voy. ‘Coquille,’ Zool. ii. p. 252, 1830 (1839), 2. Elis tasmaniensis, Sauss. Mém. Soc. phys. et hist. nat. Genéve, xiv. p. 61 (1854), 9. Elis (Dielis) formosa, Sauss. et Sich. Spec. gen. Scolia, p. 209 (1864), od. Hab, Australia. Apparently spread over the whole continent. Female specimens from North Queensland have the wings feebly suffused with fuscous and the black marks on the abdomen more extensive than in specimens from Southern and Western Australia. The male is very like that of radula, but differs as noticed under that species. 3. Campsomeris carinifrons, sp. 0. 2. Clypeus almost smooth, with two parallel longitudinal caring close together on the apical half, the apical margin depressed. Head smooth and shining, with a few scattered punctures on the vertex and a longitudinal frontal sulcus which does not reach the anterior ocellus; the front round the base of the antenne and the sides of the clypeus densely clothed with very long white pubescence. Pronotum, post- scutellum,and median segment closely and coarsely punctured ; the mesonotum and scutellum more sparsely punctured, the middle of the mesonotum and the apex of the scutellum smooth; the anterior margin of the pronotum, the pleura, and the median segment rather thinly clothed with white pubes- cence. Abdomen shining, the segments sparsely punctured at the base and apex, smooth in the middle and at the extreme apex; dorsal segments 1-4 and ventral segments 2-5 with a close fringe of white pubescence. Apical’dorsal segment rugose with short black sete, with an acute spine on each side near the apex. ‘The radial cell does not project much beyond the second cubital cell. Black ; the mandibles and the apex of the clypeus fusco- ferruginous. Wings flavo-hyaline at the base, fusco-hyaline with a blue flush at the apex, darkest beyond the radial cell, nervures ferruginous brown. Length 13-17 mm. 3. Very similar to the same sex in C. radula and C. formosa, but the clypeus is entirely yellow as in radula, without the small black spot which distinguishes formosa ; the seventh dorsal segment is not marked with yellow as in radula, and the yellow markings on the ventral surface are similar to those of formosa. Length 10-13 mm. a Australian Species of the Genus Scolia. 175 Hab, Queensland, Mackay to Cape York ; Port Darwin ; Central Australia. 7 92,4 2. Very near C. de meijerei, Cam., from New Guinea, but is rather differently punctured, and the nervures in Cameron’s species are black. They will probably prove to be geo- graphical races of the same species. 4. Campsomeris subopaca, sp. n. ?. Clypeus punctured at the sides, smooth in the middle, apes, very broadly rounded at the apex. Head rather closely punctured, the area round the ocelli almost smooth, the punctured spaces covered with short, coarse, fulvous pubescence. Thorax closely punctured, more sparsely on the middle of the mesonotum and scutellum, clothed with fulvous pubescence, closely on the pronotum and sides of the meso- notum, more sparsely elsewhere ; the surface of the posterior truncation of the median segment smooth. Abdomen opaque above, shining beneath, with a few scattered punctures ; segments 2-5 with an apical fringe of fulvous hairs, paler beneath than above, the apical segment rugose with fulvous sete. Black; mandibles and femora fusco-ferruginous ; _ tibie and tarsi ferruginons ; dorsal segments 1-4 with a transverse apical band of orange, broad on tle three basal segments, narrow on the fourth ; ventral segments 2-3 with a narrow, short, transverse yellow band on each side on the apical margin. Wings flavo-hyaline, slightly clouded with fuscous beyond the apex of the radial cell; nervures ferruginous. The second recurrent nervure is incomplete and does not reach the cubital nervure. Length 27 mm. d. The form and sculpture are very similar to formosa g, but the scutellum and postscutellum are more closely punc- tured. As in the female, the second recurrent nervure is incomplete, not reaching the cubital nervure. Black ; the abdomen strongly glossed with blue; clypeus (except a triangular black spot on the middle), the outer margins of the eyes narrowly, the inner margins as high as the emargination of the eye, the pronotum, the base of the tegulw, a short line above the tegulw, a large spot on each side of the scutellum, a transverse band on the postscutellum, a rather narrow transverse band at the apex of dorsal seg- ments 1-3 (often interrupted on the third segment, and on the second and third ventral segments), the femora beneath, the anterior tibiz above and the anterior tarsi yellow. Wings 176 Sir G. H. Kenrick on new Species of fusco-hyaline, darkest on the costa, nervures black. Pubes- cence pale fulvous above, greyish beneath, black on the sides of the abdomen, close on the median segment, sparse else- where. Length 17-22 mm. Hab. Cairns, Q. 80,235 Allied to C. iris, Lep., and still more closely to Scolia culta, Sm., from New Guinea. In the latter species, how- ever, the second recurrent nervure is entirely absent. This species shows the artificial nature of the division by neuration in Scolia and its near allies, the most nearer related species being placed in a different genus. 5. Campsomeris gracilis, Sauss. Elis gracilis, Sauss. Mém. Soc. phys. et hist. nat. Genéve, xiv. p. 62 (1854), ¢. I have not seen this species. X VIII.—-Descriptions of some new Species of the Genus Delias from North New Guinea, recently collected by Mr. C. E. Pratt. By Sir Grorce H. Kenrick, F.Z.8. &e. [Plates VI. & VII.*] Delias fuliginosus, sp.n. (Pl. VI. figs. 1 & 1a.) 3. Head, palpi, legs, and antenne black ; thorax and palpi with long grey Lairs; abdomen above black, below pale, the whole powdered with yellow scales. Upperside of both wings black, with the exception of the fold of the hind wings, which is very pale yellow; the whole powdered with sulphur-yellow scales, through which the nervures stand out dark ; fringes of fore wings black, with a few yellow scales; fringes of hind wings sulphur-yellow. Underside: fore wings dark grey, with a tew white scales, an irregular band of yellow spots triangularly placed on costa beyond cell and reaching over two-thirds of the hind margin. Hind wings black ; a small basal yellow costal spot, trom which extends a narrow white streak about halfway along tlle costa, where it develops into an irregular white band * [We are indebted to Sir George H. Kenrick for the copies of the coloured plates illustrating this and the following paper.—EDs. | : Inn ca. Vag ‘ Vat. Hlist d. 0. Vol [V Pl V// Delias from North New Guinea, 177 across the wing, with points along each nervure. In this band are five yellow spots; between this and the body are two yellow spots, one in the cell and one between this and the costa, also a streak of yellow along nervure 1a and six marginal subtriangular yellow spots. Expanse 50 mm. The female differs in having white apical spots on the upperside of fore wings, an indication of a dark spot at end of cell, and a darker border. In the hind wings, as also in the fore, there is a trace of a broad paler (inclined to yellowish) transverse band beyond the cells, which is quite marked in one specimen. fab. Momi, 4000 feet, November and December. Delias pratti, sp. n. (Pl. VI. fig. 2.) d. Head, palpi, legs, and antenne black, with black hairs ; thorax dark, with bluish-white hairs, which extend to base of abdomen and the base of hind wings; abdomen mostly white. Upperside: fore wings sooty, with faint bronze reflections. Hind wings: the upper half as fore wings, the portion below the cell dead white, and a few white scales on the border. Fringes of both wings black. Underside: fore wings sooty, with a few white scales on inner margin and a band of irregular yellow spots across the apex. Paind wings black; a narrow white costal band, below which is a semielliptical yellow patch ; nearly the whole of the disk up almost to the hind margin is occupied by a bronze circular patch, in the midst of which is an irregular transverse black spot just beyond the cell; there are a few white scales at the angle. Expanse 58 mm. Hab, Warmasin, 6000 feet, November and December. Delias heront, sp.n. (Pl. VI. fig. 3.) ¢. Differs from pratti in the fore wings being broader and shorter ; the upperside is black, without bronze reflections ; four-fifths of the cell and three-quarters of the inner margin is white; in the hind wings the whole is white, with a black patch at the apex, tapering rapidly into a narrow black border. Underside: the white occupies half the fore wings, and there is a distinct black patch at the end of the cell. The hind wing has no white costal streak, a smaller yellow 178 Sir G. H. Kenrick on new Species of costal patch at the base, and the black spot double, of quite a different shape, and horizontal, and the whole colour blacker ; the large duller bronzy patch is different in shape. Expanse 50 mm. Hab. Momi, 4000 feet, November and December. Delias bakeri, sp.n. (PI. VI. fig. 4.) 6. Head, legs, palpi, and antenne black ; thorax black, but the hairs on the underside are distinctly brown, those on the upperside being of the usual bluish white. Abdomen grey above, white beneath. Upperside: fore wings white, with a narrow black costal border and a large black apical patch tapering to the angle, the white area bounded by a convex line. Hind wings white, with a narrow indefinite black border. Fringes of both wings black. Underside: fore wings white as above, with black apical patch coinciding with upperside ; in the middle of this is a band of quadrate tapering yellow spots, six in all; these run into a fine subterminal white line. Hind wings black; the basal patch does not reach the body and is pear-shaped, yellow, with white on the upper edge; beyond this is a large pear-shaped white blotch covering most of the cell, and with a longitudinal yellow stripe through it. Beyond this edging the black border is a vermilion narrow band starting from the costa and sweeping round the white patch, but not touching it. It terminates near the angle and is followed by a white band, broken up by the black nervures ; the fold is powdered with white and yellow scales. Expanse 54 mm. Hab. Warmasin, 6000 feet, November and December. The female is slightly larger (58 mm.), has broader borders of black on both wings, with the white less distinct, and three faint white dots near the apex of the fore wings. This insect is near to lias. Delias kummert ligata, Roths. I have a female differing on the upperside in the heavier black border of the fore wings and a distinct border on the hind wings, the upper half of which has a sharp-cut internal margin, whilst below the lower part of the cell and radial area is suffused with lemon-yellow. Expanse 34 mm. Delias from North New Guinea, 179 Delias dixeyi, sp.n. (PI. VI. fig. 5.) &. Head, palpi, legs, and antenne black ; hairs on thorax, legs, and palpi yellow ; hairs on upperside of thorax bluish white ; abdomen white, Upperside: fore wings white, with narrow black costal border and black apical patch extending broadly to the angle. Hind wings similar, the black margin wide at first, but narrowing down to angle; fringes black. Underside: fore wings black, the white patch does not quite coincide with the upperside ; near the apex are three yellow quadrate spots and one dot. Hind wings black ; the basal patch, which is lenticular and does not reach the body, is dark red ; there is a narrow white exterior band beginning halfway along the costa and termi- nating abruptly halfway towards the angle below vein 4; inside this is a narrow red band reaching nearly to the angle ; there is a large subtriangular central patch of very pale yellowish. Expanse 52 mm. Hab. Warmasin, 6000 feet, November and December. This seems near to kummeri. Delias bothwelli, sp. n. (Pl. VI. fig. 6.) 3. Head, palpi, legs, and antennz black ; hairs on under- side of thorax golden, on upperside bluish white. Upperside: tore wings black, with rounded white patch extending only to end ot cell. Hind wings similar, but the white covers most of tle wing, leaving a broad margin on the outside. Underside : fore wings, the white patch reaches the end of cell, which is marked by a strong dash, and there is also a longitudinal streak of black within the cell; the boundary of tle white patch is not so well defined as on the upperside ; the apical patch is crossed by an irregular tapering yellow band, which might be described as composed of four spots. The hind wing is best deseribed as pale straw-yellow, the restricted base and the fold rich golden yellow. It is followed by a black streak along the costa, then comes a lenticular whitish mark, and then a distinct black band from the body to the middle of the costa; after a short interruption this 1s continued as a narrow marginal black border as far as the angle; from the angle and at right angles to the inner margin starts a broadish black band, edged externally with scarlet, but this does not reach the costa. 180 Sir G. H. Kenrick on new Species of This insect, described from a single example, seems to be intermediate between cruentata and kummeri. Expanse 46 mm. Hab, Warmasin, 6000 feet, November and December. Delias caroli, sp.n. (Pl. VIL. fig. 1.) 3. Head, legs, palpi, and antennz black ; thorax black, with black hairs beneath and bluish-white hairs above; abdo- men mostly white, with bluish-white hairs at base and at base of hind wings. Upperside: fore wings white, with narrow black costal border and large apical patch bounded by end of cell and continuing obliquely to angle. Hind wings white, with undefined black border tapering from costa to angle ; fringes black. Underside: fore wings black, with narrow white band along the inner margin, and four apical white spots fading into a narrow white subterminal line. Hind wings black, with lenticular scarlet basal patch ending in a white dot on costa; a single minute red spot at end of cell near to nervure 5; a narrow scarlet subterminal band from costa to angle, split up by the black nervures, each surrounded by a few white scales; a patch of white scattered scales between the angle and the base. The female is similar, but the white is slightly suffused with yellow, and the upperside of the abdomen is yellow, while the black margin of the hind wing is wider. Near to bornemanni, but differs in the position and form of the red band on the hiad wings. Expanse 58 mm. Hab. Warmasin, 6000 feet, November and December. Delias rothschildi, sp.n. (Pl. VII. figs. 2 & 6.) 3. Very close to microsticta; the male differs in the white of the upperside being yellower, the black border of the hind wings much wider. On the underside of the hind wings tle conspicuous red basal patch is replaced by yellow, the orange spots on the margin are not present, and the three oblique yellow streaks and the yellow spot at the angle are also absent. Expanse 52 mm. Hab. Momi, 4000 feet, November and December. The female of the above corresponds with a form of female of microsticta sent home by Mr. Meek, but I believe undescribed, differing from this very much as the male differs. Delias from North New Guinea. 181 Upperside: fore wings white, with heavy apical black atch, f Hind wings white, with heavy black border. Underside: fore wings white, suffused with yellow, which extends beyond the cell to a sharply defined transverse angu- lated boundary of the black apical patch; in this are six yellow spots of different size ; there isa costal black band and a transverse black mark at end of cell. Hind wings black; a minute yellow basal patch; an irregular transverse tapering band reaching nervuare 2 white with yellow marks. Five small yellow spots are arranged as a subterminal line. The black ground-colour has bronzy reflections. This may be a variety of microsticta, but it is very constant. Delias castaneus, sp.n. (Pl. VII. fig. 3.) 3. Head, palpi, antenne, legs, and thorax black, with black hairs below and a few scattered bluish scales; hairs on upperside grey ; abdomen white, with bluish-white hairs which extend to the base of hind wings. Upperside: fore wings white, with narrow black costal border and large black apical patch, the boundary ill-defined. Hind wings white, with narrow black ill-defined border extending over one-third of margin. Underside: fore wings black, with white inner margin and the principal nervures white ; an oblique yellow patch at apex, constricted below the middle. Hind wings jet-black, the basal patch scarlet and extending along one-third of the costa, a above with yellow; the greater part of the disk is occupied with a sulphur-yellow circular patch, in the midst of which is a large bright chestnut patch, through which run the yellow nervules ; outside the end of the cell is an irregular black patch surrounded by a thin yellow line. Female very similar, but, as usual, with the black border deeper than the male, especially in the hind wings ; the white slightly suffused with yellow. Fringes of both wings black. bx nse 60 mm. Hab. Warmasin, 6000 feet, November and December. Delias jordani, sp.n. (PI. VII. fig. 7.) dé. Head, palpi, antenne, and legs black, with grey scales and black hairs; thorax black, with bluish-white hairs above and brown and bluish hairs below. Ann. & Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 8. Vol. iv. 14 182 On new Species of Delias from North New Guinea, Upperside : fore wings white, with black costal border and large apical black patch, the division between fairly but not sharply defined. Hind wings very similar, the marginal black border not well defined. Fringes of fore wings black, of hind wings black and white. Underside: fore wings black, a large white patch extends from inner margin to near the end of the cell, the remainder of which is filled with dark grey; below the cell the patch extends beyond the cell, but not quite so far as the angle; a band of five transverse spots occurs before the apex, the one on the costa is yellow, the others are white. Hind wings black, the fold powdered with orange scales. Basal patch very small, Indian yellow; a narrow white costal band expands into an irregular transverse band, reaching nervure 2, but constricted and nearly divided in the middle; along the nervures this white band extends in a series of sharp points. Beyond this is a band of six irregular yellow spots, the four lower ones being connected to the costa by narrow white lines. There is an interrupted white marginal line, and the fringes of the hind wings are mostly white. Across the disk are three ill-defined yellow spots. Expanse 57 mm. Hab. Momi, 4000 feet, November and December. I have not been able to discover any deviation from the neuration common to all members of this genus, nor is the amount of variation considerable among the species sent home. It will be noticed that the greater number come from the higher locality and that for the most part the insects do not occur in both localities ; but this would require further confirmation from the collector. The localities are in the Arfak Mountains, in the north- east of Dutch New Guinea, not far from the Equator. M. L. M. d’Albertis visited the neighbourhood about 1872, but does not appear to have collected many butterflies. All the types are in my collection. The measurements are taken by measuring the costa from the thorax to the apex and doubling it. EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES, PLATE VI, Figs. 1, 1a. Delias fuliginosus, 3 & @. Fig. 2. Delias pratti, 3. On new Rhopalocera from North New Guinea. 183 Fig. 3. Delias heroni, 3. Fig. 4. —— bakeri, 3. Fig. 5, —— dixeyi, g. Fig. 6. —— bothwelli, 3. Pruate VIL Fig. 1. Delias caroli, 3. rothachildi, 3. Fig. 3. —— castaneus, 3. Fig. 4. Candalides arfaki, 3. Fig. 5. Hypochrysops wendisi, 2. Fig. 6. Delias rothschildi, 9. Fig. 7. —— jordan, 3. XIX.—Descriptions of Three new Species of Rhopalocera from North New Guinea. By G. 'T. Betaune-BakeEr, F.L.S., F.Z.S. [Plate VIL. figs. 4 & 5.) Morphotenaris kenricki, sp. n. 9. Upperside: both wings pure snow-white. Primaries with the cell up to the costa deep sooty black, the whole of the interspace to the termen between veins 2 and 3 extending up well towards vein 4 and down to the inner margin well before the tornus bright chestnut; the black does not extend beyond the cell. Underside as the upperside, but, in addition, there is a postmedian row of small black ocellated a ages with white pupils sometimes only just traceable and pale straw-coloured Bites, the latter absent on the primaries. Primaries with three or four of these spots above the tawny chestnut patch in a straight line. Secondaries with five spots curved parallel with the termen, that between veins 6 and 7 the largest; both these rows show through the upperside distinctly, Expanse 138 mm. Hab. Arfak Mountains, 4000 feet, November and De- cember. Type in Coll. G. H. Kenrick. Tits species is near schoenbergi, and may possibly be a local form ; but it is so distinct as to necessitate a name, and when the male is discovered it may prove to be a good species, 14* 184 Mr. G. T. Bethune-Baker on new Candalides arfaki, sp.n. (Pl. VIL. fig. 4.) 3. Both wings pure white, slightly greyish at the base. Primaries with the apex very broadly intense black, ex- tending two-thirds to the cell, nearly halfway down the costa, and right down the termen almost into the tornus; fringes black : secondaries greyish along the abdominal fold, with the underside markings showing through; fringes white, finely interrupted at the veins, black at the tornus, wita white extremities. Underside: both wings white, with greyish-brown markings. Primaries with base greyish to over half the cell; costa greyish brown; a brown line closing the cell; a very broad curved, brown, transverse band from about vein 10 to vein 2 or just beyond, tapering somewhat on each side; the precise width and area of this band differ slightly in the series before me; beyond this the ground is irrorated with whitish fine scales, broadly at the apex, tapering finely along the termen to vein 2; termen finely brown, intersected at the veins; fringes brown. Secondaries restricted chocolate-grey at the base, with a small brown basal spot below vein 8 (some- times absent) ; a very irregular broad subbasal band of brown, widest on the abdominal margin, where it is almost confluent with the postmedian band, which extends along the margin to meet it ; cell closed by a brown line; postmedian band composed of confluent quadrangular spots, the third projected much outwards, fourth inwards, fifth and sixth inwards again, generally ending in the angle of vein 2; seventh outwards, eighth a broad dash all along the abdo- minal margin; a row of subterminal internervular spots; termen finely brown ; fringes white, intersected at the veins. Expanse 34 mm. Hab. Warmasin, 6000 feet; Momi, 4000 feet; Arfak Mountains ; in November and December. Type in Coll. G. H. Kenrick. This species is a near ally of my C. meek, from Owgarra, British New Guinea. Hypochrysops wendisi, sp.n. (Pl. VIL. fig. 5.) ?. Both wings orange-yellow. Primaries with apical area black to the cell and extending along the costa base- wards well below the termination of the cell ; termen broadly black, extending somewhat along the inner margin; the Rhopalocera from North New Guinea. 185 yellow area is thus terminated outwardly in a deep curve: secondaries with a broad blackish stripe below the costa terminating just short of the apex ; a trace of a black sub- terminal spot on veins 1a, 2, and 3. Underside: both wings paler than above, especially the primaries, the blackish areas showing through as deep rusty red. Primaries with a fine silver line along the upper margin of the cell, below which is a rusty dash; one or two short, faint, silver, transverse dashes in the cell; three small silver spots in a triangle beyond the cell; a subterminal row of fine internervular silver dashes from the apex to vein 2; the black of the upperside does not show through at all below this vein. Secondaries: base of costa rusty red; a broad deep rusty-red stripe below the costa right into the apex; on its upper margin are two creamy-white spots above the cell, the outer one the larger of the two; beyond these is a pale bluish-silvery small spot, followed just above the apex by a whitish spot; cell filled in with deep rusty red, intercepted near the base with a white mark, and further out with a white inverted V-shaped mark, followed outside the cell by another similar white mark; below the angle of vein 2 is a bright red quadrangular mark, edged finely with bluish silver, and beyond this with creamy white; nearer the base than this is another double red spot on the inner margin, edged with silver and black ; the posterior series of spots is resolved into a confluent red band, edged laterally with creamy white, very deeply angulated outwards between veins 3 and 4; the spot between veins 2 and 3 reaches nearly to the angle of the latter and has a central cream spot ; along vein la is ared dash extending outwards and pe ae finely with black and silver, followed by a broad spot to vein 1 edged with black and silver; termen broadly pale reddish, more marked at the tornus, with a double internal fine edging of black and creamy white, and having a central line of bluish silver, interrupted at the veins; termination of veins la, 2, and 3 black. Expanse 48 mm. Hab. Wendisi, Geelvink Bay. Type in Coll. G. H. Kenrick. On the upperside this species has some resemblance to H, chrysargyra, Grose-Smith, but the underside is totally dissimilar. i86 Mr. G. A. Boulenger on new XX. — Descriptions of new Freshwater Fishes discovered by Mr. G. L. Bates in South Cameroon. By G. A. Bou.enGeER, F.R.S. (Published by permission of the Trustees of the British Museum.) Mormyrops batesianus. Depth of body 6 times in total length, length of head 5 times. Head 14 times as long as deep, with curved upper profile ; snout rounded, projecting a little beyond the mouth ; width of mouth a little greater than length of snout; teeth truncate, 16 in upper jaw, 18 in lower ; eye in anterior third of head, its diameter 24 times in length of snout or interorbital width. Dorsal 30, # length of anal, originating nearly twice as far from end of snout as from base of caudal. Anal 45, originating a little in advance of dorsal (8th ray corresponding to first dorsal). Pectoral } length of head. Caudal rather small, densely scaled, with rounded lobes. Caudal peduncle twice as long as deep, half length of head. 102 scales in lateral line, = in transverse series on body, 25 in transverse series between dorsal and anal, 18 round caudal peduncle. Uniform dark brown above, a little lighter beneath. Total length 280 mm. Closely allied to AZ. masuianus, Blgr. A single specimen from Assobam, Bumba River. The Bumba River unites with the Ja at Molundu, where the two form the Ngoko, which name is given to the river between Molundu and the Sanga, an affluent of the Congo. Examples of five further Mormyrids were obtained by Mr. Bates at Asso- bam :—Petrocephalus simus, Sauv., Marcusenius kingsleye, Gthr., Myomyrus macredon, Blgr., Gnathonemus petersit, Gthr., and the following new Mormyrus. Mormyrus bumbanus. Depth of body 44 times in total length, length of head 43 times. Head 1} times as long as deep, with strongly curved upper profile ; snout short, 2 postorbital part of head ; teeth small, very feebly notched, 5 in upper jaw, 8 in lower ; eye modeiate, $ length of snout, 2 interorbital width. Dorsal 62, originating above base of ventral, 3 times as far from end of snout as from base of caudal, 23 times as long as anal. Anal 25, originating a little nearer head than base of caudal. Pectoral obtusely pointed, 2 length of head. Caudal with reshwater Fishes from South Cameroon. 187 acutely pointed lobes, as long as head, greater part covered with scales. Caudal peduncle 3 times as long as deep, # length of head. 93 scales in lateral line, in transverse series on body, 32 in transverse series between dorsal and anal, 16 round caudal peduncle. Brown above, silvery white beneath. Total length 225 mm. Intermediate between M. macrophthalmus, Gthr., and M. ovis, Blgr. A single specimen from the Bumba River at Assobam. CHAMPSOBORUS, gen. nov. Characinidarum. Snout elongate, pointed; mouth large; upper jaw movable upwards ; maxillary very small, not hidden ites the pre- orbital when the mouth is closed; both jaws with a single series of bicuspid teeth, the laterals compressed, the anterior more conical and canine-like. Greater part of cheek covered by the suborbitals; nostrils near the eye, close together, separated by a valvular flap; gill-membranes narrowly united to isthmus. Body elongate, compressed. Scales small, strongly ciliated; lateral line straight, along the middle of the side; a small scaly process at base of ventral. Dorsal with 18 rays, above the ventrals; anal with 14 rays; adipose dorsal fin small. llied to Mesoborus, Pellegrin, but with a single series of teeth in both jaws. Champsoborus pellegrini. Depth of body 44 to 5 times in total length, length of head 3 times. Head 3 to 3} times as long as broad, feebly rugose above; snout about 1} times as long as eye, as long as post- ocular part of head; mouth not extending quite to below anterior border of eye; 25 or 26 teeth on each side of upper jaw, 22-24 in lower ; the two teeth at the symphysis of the upper jaw the longest ; naked part of cheek about half width of suborbital, Gill-rakers rudimentary. Dorsal III 16, originating well in advance of ventrals, equally distant from eye and from root of caudal, longest ray about half length of head. Anal III 11. Pectoral about ? length of head. Caudal nearly entirely covered with small scales, deeply forked, lobes rounded. Caudal peduncle about 1% times as long as deep. Scales 90-98 <4, 10-11 between lateral line and ventral. Yellowish, with rounded brown spots, the largest of which form a series along the lateral line; three 188 Mr. G. A. Boulenger on a new blackish streaks across the dorsal; large symmetrical black markings on the caudal; all these markings very similar to those of Paraphago rostratus. Two specimens, 60 mm. long, were found by Mr. Bates in the Bumba River at Assobam. A larger specimen (110 mm.) from the Ubanghi, preserved in the Congo Museum at Tervueren belongs to the same species. I had previously referred it to Mesoborus crocodilus. Clarias jaensis. Depth of body about 6 times in total length, length of head 33 to 32 times. Head 1? times as long as broad, smooth or very feebly granulate above; occipital process obtusely pointed ; frontal fontanelle sole-shaped, 4 length of head; occipital fontanelle small, in advance of occipital process ; eye very small, 4 to 43 times in length of snout, 74 to 8 times in interorbital width, which equals width of mouth and 3 length of head; band of premaxillary teeth 6 times as long as broad; vomerine teeth granular, forming a crescentic band which is as broad as the preemaxillary band ; nasal barbel to 2 length of head; maxillary barbel not quite as long as head, reaching middle of pectoral fin; outer mandibular barbel 3 to # length of head, inner 4 to 3. 23 gill-rakers on anterior arch. Clavicles hidden under the skin. Dorsal 85-90, its distance from occipital process 4 length of head, its distance from caudal 2 diameters of eye. Anal 65- 70, its distance from caudal 14 to 2 diameters of eye. Pectoral not quite 3 length of head, the spine smooth and 2 the length of the fin. Ventral 14 times as distant from caudal as from end of snout. Caudal a little less than 4 length of head. Dark brown above, white beneath. Total length 450 mm. To be placed between C. platycephalus, Blgr., and C. carsoni, Blgr. Two specimens from the Ja River at Bitye. XXI.—Description of a new Lizard of the Genus Acantho- dactylus from Syria. By G. A. BouLENGER, F.R.S. (Published by permission of the Trustees of the British Museum.) DurinG a recent collecting-trip to Syria, M. Henry Gadeau de Kerville brought together a large and interesting series of of Reptiles, which he has submitted to me for identification, Lizard from Syria. 189 and of which a selected set has been presented by him to the British Museum. Among them are examples of a new Acanthodactylus, which, being the largest of the genus, I propose to call Acanthodactylus grandis. Snout short, either obtuse or rather pointed ; nostril in the centre of a very pronounced swelling. Form mot limbs short. Four supraoculars, first and fourth often broken up ; subocular not reaching the lip, resting on the fourth and fifth or fifth and sixth upper labials ; temporal scales granular, not keeled; 4 or 5 conical scales form a denticulation in front of the ear. Dorsal scales very small, convex, not keeled, hardly enlarged on the posterior part of the back; 58 to 64 scales across middle of body. Ventral plates not or but little broader than long, forming very oblique longitudinal and angular transverse series, the latter containing 16 or 18 (rarely 14) plates in the middle of the body. Collar free and strongly toothed. Praanal scales small and subequal. Hind limb reaching the axil or the shoulder; foot not or but little longer than head ; fingers and toes short, the former surrounded with four series of scales and lamelle, the latter with three; lateral denticulation feeble, the projecting pointed scales much shorter than the diameter of the corre- = Sgt 9 ad of the toe. 16 to 24 femoral pores on each side, pper caudal scales feebly keeled, lower smooth. Greyish or fawn-colour above, with at least traces of 8 longitudinal series of dark spots on whitish streaks; the dark spots form transverse bands on the tail; sides of head with more or less distinct vertical dark bars; lower parts white, tinged with yellow on the limbs and tail. mm. Total length of male ..........0.5. 265 From aniout to vent... ccsssceres 103 B ae a MO MID Sie ieee 40 Length of head (to ear) ..........4. 24 Eg Se eae rt 20 PN doen veda vncdh seeks tnt e's 33 Se Pe heer 53 Ue Buel Pee reset ie evatavate weeds 25 Pn WG UT ab cbGekidwclentudeseduss 162 Several specimens were obtained at Jerud and Atuaibé, east of Damascus, and near Khan Agach, between Damascus and Kutaifé. 190 Mr. G. J. Arrow on Coleoptera XXII.—Systematie Notes on Coleoptera of the Clavicorn Families. By Gitpert J. ARROW. (Published by permission of the Trustees of the British Museum.) THE following notes have been made at various times during several years past and are now published in order that the synonymy may be included in the forthcoming ‘ Catalogus Ccleopterorum.’ Silphide. Silpha superba, Kraatz, 1876, is S. calestis, Dohrn, 1875. Silpha tetraspilota, Hope, 1835, is S. rufithorax, Wied., 1823. : Silpha formosa, Cast. (= chloroptera, Cast.), is not synony- mous with S. tetraspilota, Hope, as given in the Munich Catalogue. Silpha discicollis, Brullé, appears in that Catalogue as a synonym of S. cayennensis, Sturm, but from the figure and description that seems hardly possible. S. cayennensis has a transversely oval pronotum, with a small dark spot in the centre. Silpha melanura, Hope, Gray’s ‘ Zoological Miscellany,’ 1831, p. 21, is omitted from the Catalogue. It is a very well-marked species, rather resembling S. punctulata, Oliv. Silpha ceruleoviridans, Dohrn, 1885, is S. micans, F. Ptomascopus carbunculus, Lewis, is L. morio, Kraatz, 1877. Mr. Lewis was deceived by his specimens bearing the locality “ Amazons.” This is certainly incorrect. Necrodes osculans, Vigors, has a very extended distribution. The British Museum contains specimens from South India, Sarawak, Woodlark I., and Queensland. Necrodes brevicollis, sp. n. Niger vel piceus, antennis concoloribus, claya vix dilatata; pro- thorace valde transverso, lateribus arcuatis, basi fere recto, ownino subtiliter punctato, lateribus opacis; elytris crebre punctatis, acute costatis, postice attenuatis : ¢, elytrorum angulis apicalibus arcuatis, femore postico incrassato, subtus acute dentato, tibia postica fortiter arcuata, intus post medium dentata. Long. 15-17 mm. ; lat. max. 6-6°5 mm. of the Clavicorn Families. 191 Hab. N. India. The British Museum contains several specimens of this new species from India, one of them collected previous to 1848 by Capt. Boys. Two others are labelled Penang, which is perhaps incorrect, ‘The insect is very like NV. nigri- cornis, fee but differs by the toothed hind tibia and rounded apical angles of the elytra in the male and the more transverse prothorax, with straight hind margin, in both sexes. Necrophorus latefasciatus, Lewis, described from Japan, is the European NV. tnvestigator, Zett., which occurs also in Manchuria, Saghalien, Pekin, &c. Several species of Necrophorus were described by J. Gistel in his ‘ Naturgeschichte des Thierreichs,’ published in 1848 for the use of schools (!) and not unnaturally overlooked by systematists. ‘The descriptions are fragmentary and the synonymy offers considerable difficulty. The genus Oxelytrum in that work, with three supposed new species, refers to Silpha cayennensis, Sturm, and the allied S. analis, Chevr., both of earlier date, but the precise attribution of the names is uncertain. Nitidulide. Lordites glabricola, Cand., 1861, is (Nitidula) picta, Macl. Annulosa Javanica, 1825, p. 40. The genus Megauchenia of Macleay, described in the same work, has been overlooked. M. setipennis, Macl., the type of which, together with the others described in the work, is in the British Museum, is Jschana elongata, Erichs., Germ. Zeits. 1843, p. 288. Both generic and specific names are therefore superseded by Macleay’s, Axyra setosa, Murr., very cursorily characterised in the Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1867, xix. p. 170, has not been included in the Munich Catalogue,and Nitidula picea, Bohem. referred to the same genus by i urray, has not been catalogued assuch. A. setosa, Murr., differs from A. elongata, Murr., and A. picea, Bohem., by the closer and finer sculpture of its elytra, its r:ugose prothorax, and less flattened appearance, due to the absence of the wide lateral margins of thorax and elytra present in all the other species, A margin is formed at the posterior part of the elytra, however, by the pinching in of their central part. The body is 7°5 mm. long in the unique type. 192 Mr. G. J. Arrow on Coleoptera In reviewing the genus Platychora, Murray (J. c. p. 175) mentioned a species “ P. deplanata, Boh., from Natal.” In the Munich Catalogue this is figured, by a curious mistake, as Platychora deplanata, Murr., Old Calabar. So far as I know, it has never been characterised. It is quite differently sculptured to the other species, the punctures being less evenly distributed. The prothorax and elytra are shining along their median part and moderately finely punctured, but the puncturation becomes much coarser towards the sides, where there is a clothing of stiff grey hairs, which form rows at the sides of the elytra. The head is finely and closely punctured and the pygidium is rugosely punctured and setose. There are broad margins to the prothorax and elytra. Length 7mm. Temnochilide. Two different insects have been united under the name of Gymnochila squamosa, Gray. That described and figured by Gray is an Australian Leperina, since described as L. decorata, Erichs., and the type of Hope’s genus Lepidopteryx, which antedates by four years the name Leperina. The species described by Murray under the same name in the Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1867, xix. p. 335, is the common African Gymnochila varia, F. Lophocateres nanus, Olliff, is not distinguishable from the widely-distributed ZL. pusillus, Klug. Cucujide. Mr. Blackburn has been misled in declaring Jpsaphes merosus, Pascoe, a synonym of Platisus obscurus, Krichs. As to the advisability of merging the two genera I am inclined to agree with him, in spite of a considerable difference in the form of the head; but the two species are so different that it is obvious Mr. Blackburn does noét know Pascoe’s insect, which is not only entirely different in colour but double the size and quite differently proportioned. I am surprised, however, that Mr. Blackburn has rejected Ipsaphes bicolor, Olliff (which he seems to have rightly identified), from the genus. The tarsi of this (the types of both species of Jpsaphes are in the British Museum) are quite different from those of Cucujus, all but the last joint being very short and of equal length. O)liff’s species differs little from Pascoe’s, except in the differently coloured and relatively shorter abdomen and elytra. Lamophleus breviceps, Sharp, is L. retttert, Grouy. of the Clavicorn Families. 193 Telephanus gracilis, Sharp, Biol. Centr.-Am., Col, ii. pt. 1, 1899, p. 553, is antedated by 7. gracilis, Schauf., Nunq. Otiosus, 1890, iii. p. 600. It may be called 7’. sharp/. The genus //ymea, described by Pascoe in 1869 as belonging to the Heteromera, is a curious form allied to Psammechus. Pascoe was deceived by the heteromerous tarsi of the male. Colydiide. Colobicus conformis and parilis, Pasc., are the same species, which seems to have been divided by Pascoe mainly on account of the different habitat of his types, which are from Lombok and Batchian respectively. The range of the species is far greater than the describer seems to have thought possible, and I have gathered together a series from Damma I., Ceram, Mysol, Timor, Lombok, Batchian, Borneo, Anda- man Is., Penang, Assam, Hong Kong, and North Australia. Xuthia siccana, Pasc., has an exactly similar distribution, and I am unable to distinguish from it X. maura and X, rufina of the same author, nor can I recognize the genus Xuthia as distinct from Bitoma. The African species B. rufipes, Kolbe, is very closely related to B. siccana, B. latiusculus, Fairm., is a species of Neotrichus. A North American insect was described as Nematidium filiforme by Leconte in March 1863, and the same name was used by Pascoe for an Amazonian species in April of the same year. Dr. Sharp’s discovery of the localisation of the species of the genus in Central America seems to preclude the possibility of Leconte’s and Pascoe’s being the same, and it will be well to change the name of the latter to N. pascoet. The name Pyenocephalus used by Dr. Kraatz in 1895 for a genus allied to Sosylus was previously used by Dr. Sharp in 1591, and must be changed. It may be called Cephalopycnus. The specimens which Dr. Sharp has described in the Biol. Centr.-Amer., Col. ii. pt. 1, 1895, p. 488, under the name of Lithophorus succineus, Pasc., do not belong to the species actually described by Pascoe, who confused two different forms under that name. Pascoe quotes as localities Rio and Para, but, while he labelled as his type a specimen from Rio, his description does not apply to that, but to the ditferent species 194 Mr. G. J. Arrow on Coleoptera from Para, from which place he examined and labelled an example in the British Museum. ‘This, the only one from that locality, I regard as the real type. Other specimens in Pascoe’s collection were brought from Ega, while two were labelled Rio by him, probably in error. In this species the prothorax has only very slight rudiments of dorsal coste and the elytra bear widely interrupted, instead of continuous, carine. In that described by Dr. Sharp from Central America there are strongly elevated ridges upon the prothorax, which is rather longer and less wide at the front margin, and the ridges upon the elytra form continuous coste. I propose to call this Z. ornatus, the name at first intended for it by Dr. Sharp. The type is from Paso de San Juan, Mexico. I cannot distinguish from this the form labelled “ type” by Pascoe. Bothrideres musivus and merus, Pasc., both belong, in my opinion, to B. vittatus, Newm., and B. lobatus, B. versutus, and B. servus, Pasc., also form a single species. The types of all these are in the National Collection. Bothrideres simplex, incidentally mentioned in the Biol. Centr.-Amer., Col. 11. pt. 1, 1895, p. 489, is not, as Dr. Sharp supposed, a species described by Pascoe and must therefore be called B. simplex, Sharp. It is from Rio de Janeiro. Pycnomerus sophore, Sharp, is the species described long previously as Lyctus depressiusculus, White *. The specimens from Panama (with the exception of one from Tolé), referred to Hthelema sobrina, Sharp, in the descrip- tion of that form, belong in reality to another species which I describe here :— Ethelema gracilis, sp. n. Nigra, omnino setosa; elytris post medium griseo-fasciatis, postice fuscis ; prothorace valde convexo, marginibus lateralibus depressis, vix denticulatis, angulis posticis obsoletis. Long. 3°5-4 mm. Hab. Panama: Chiriqui, Bugaba, David, Tolé. The prothorax is very convex, with the lateral margins depressed and not distinctly serrated, and the hind angles are rounded off. The elytra are decorated with a band of grey scales behind the middle, enclosing a dark spot on each side, and the part lying behind this band is dark. * It may be mentioned here that Lyctus retractus, Walker, is a species of Ptilinus. of the Clavicorn Families. 195 E. luctuosa, Pase., has almost the same markings, but the prothorax is flatter and more quadrate. In E. sobrina, Sharp, the grey scales are more evenly dis- tributed, forming no definite band. There is no difference between the species in the nature of the clothing, as supposed by Dr. Sharp. Adimerida., The genus Adimerus, described by Dr. Sharp in 1894 and forming this family, is Monedus of Horn, dating from 1882. Horn discovered only one small joint, instead of two, between the basal and claw joints of the tarsus. Five species in all have now been recognized, viz.: MM. guttatus, Lec., lecontei, Fleut., crispatus, Sharp, setosus, Sharp, and dubius, Sharp. Byrridz. Cyphonicus, Sharp, is synonymous with Byrrinus of Motschulsky. Erotylida. The name Episcaphula was introduced by Crotch for a mass of species which he distinguished in no way from the pre- viously existing Plagiopisthen, Thomson, to which a part at least belong, and until a fresh division is made it seems necessary to regard the two names as synonymous. Engis annulatus, Macl., is a species of Micrencaustes and not a synonym of Tenleronkide oculata, Lac., as Crotch believed. Lacordaire, notwithstanding Mr. Gorham’s remark to the contrary (Proc. Zool. Soc. 1889, p. 614), expressed the opposite opinion. ‘lhe specimen figured by the latter (pl. lxi. fig. 2), although identical in its marking with the true annulata, Macl., is so extremely different in shape that it seems impossible that it is really the same. A similar pattern is shared by a number of Javan Erotylide, of which the following is yet another. Episcapha pavo, sp. n. Nigra, dense punctata, pubescens, singulo elytro flavo bi-annulato, annula prima ad marginem anticam, intus et postice paulo dentata, secunda ad apicem fere producta, sed ad margines vix attingente ; antennis longitudine ad caput et prothoracem con- junctim equalibus, Long. 12 mm.; lat. max. 5°5 mm. Hab. Java. It is not very slender and the antenne are only of moderate 196 On Coleoptera of the Clavicorn Families. length. The black spot at the base and apex of each elytron is almost exactly round, but the enclosing yellow rings are minutely produced along the elytral margins and the anterior one is also toothed towards the suture and the apex. The readiest positive means of distinguishing Episcapha fortunei, Crotch, and £. taishoensis, Lewis, has not been pointed out. In the former the eyes are rather close and in the latter they are wide apart. Both species seem to exist in China and Japan. Megalodacne chinensis, Crotch, is also very similar, but has the second joint of the antenna longer and the lateral margins of the pronotum thicker. Mycotretus tigrinus, Oliv., is distinct from the Central American species described and figured under that name by Mr. Gorham, in Biol. Centr.-Amer., Coleopt. vil. 1887, p. 48. The latter may be called M. centralis. Besides the differences noted by Mr. Gorham, it is a rather more massive species and the metasternum, which is well punctured in M. tigrinus, is very smooth. The Mexican form recorded as Mycotretus sobrinus, Guér., by Mr. Gorham in the same work must similarly be dis- tinguished from that Brazilian species. It is much smaller, relatively shorter, the knees blacker, and the abdominal lines more marked. It may be called MW. distinguendus. Amblyopus rubens, Hope (Gemm. & Har.), is a species of Neotriplax very near N. lewis, Crotch, but larger and with longer antenne. Amblyopus prepositus, Walk. (Gemm. & Har.), is A. cinctipennts, Lacord., and not A. vittatus, Oliv. Triplax brount, Pasc., belongs to the genus Cryptodacne and is exceedingly near C. synthetica, Sharp, from which it seems to differ in its smooth elytra. Aulacochilus subrotunda, Macl., appears to be the same as A, 4-pustulatus, F., as Lacordaire believed, but Macleay’s two specimens are of a peculiarly narrow form. Prepopharus spilotus, Gorh., is a species of Morphoides. Hoplaspis of Motschulsky, according to a specimen from Bakewell’s collection which I believe to be a cotype, is a Tenebrionid of the genus Arrhenoplita. ‘There can be no doubt, I think, that Motschulsky was mistaken in regarding all the tarsi as five-jointed. On new Mammals from N. Australia, 197 XXIIIL.— Two new Mammals from N. Australia, By OLpDFIELD THOMAS. (Published by permission of the Trustees of the British Museum.) A FURTHER small collection of Mammals from Kimberley, N. Australia, has been received fiom Mr. J. P. Rogers, and among these there is a /Hydromys which appears to be new, and an example of the true Peradorcas concinna which shows such characters as to compel me to distinguish the specimens from Arnhem Land in the British Museum which had pre- viously borne that name. LTydromys chrysogaster caurinus, subsp. n. General characters of the Queensland HZ. c. regine, Thos. & Dollm., but the colour much clearer grey, without yellowish or fulvous suffusion. General colour above blackish grey, the light element in the colour dull white, not fulvous. Under surface dull creamy white, not sharply defined laterally. Top of. muzzle blackish. Inner side of forearms creamy ; hands with the digits dull creamy white, a dark brown patch on the wrist and centre of metacarpals; hind legs and feet dark brown throughout. Tail black for its basal three-fifths, its terminal five inches white. Skull as usual. Dimensions of the type (measured in flesh) :— Head and body 284 mm; tail 272; hind foot 61 ; ear 20. Skull: condylo-basal length 59; greatest breadth 30; palatilar length 27°3; diastema 16°5 ; palatal foramina 6:2; upper molar series 8°8. Hab, Parry’s Creek, near Wyndham, E. Kimberley, N.W. Australia. Type. Adult female. Original number 34. Collected 29 October, 1908, by J. P. Rogers. This water-rat is of a much clearer and less yellowish grey than any other Hydromys. It has the light underside characteristic of the Eastern forms and is probably most nearly allied to the North Queensland H. c. regine, but is paler throughout. The length of the white tail-tip of the type is unusual, but Dr. Collett records * that a specimen from the Mary River, N. Australia, presumably of the same race, has only about an inch of the tail white, so that this character would seem to be variable. * P. Z.9. 1897, p. 323. Ann. & Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 8. Vol. iv. 15 198 On new Mammals from N. Australia. Peradorcas concinna canescens, subsp. n. Essential characters as in true concinna, but instead of the ground-colour being rich rusty, scarcely modified by the longer greyish-white hairs, it is a dull rufous, heavily over- Jaid, in fact practically hidden, by the broad greyish sub- terminal bands and blackish tips of the longer hairs. The general colour is therefore a grizzled Bettongia-like tone, quite unlike that of true concinna. Crown greyish brown. Arms and legs greyish, with scarcely a tinge of buffy. Behind the shoulder a dark patch, succeeded by a lighter one, and a light hip-mark; all more prominent than in concinna, though even in that animal there is an indication of these markings, which are usual in the Petrogale group. Skull rather smaller than in the available examples of concinna, but whether this is due to age is not at present clear. Dimensions of the type :— Head and body (c.) 400 mm.; tail 525 ; hind foot 101; ear 41. Skull: basal length 64 ; greatest breadth 42°5. Hab. Arnhem Land, N. Territory. Type from Nellie Creek. Other specimens from Mary R. (Dahl). Type. Adult male. B.M. no.4.1.3.58. Original number 1164. Collected 13 February, 1903, by J. T. Tunney. Presented by the Hon. W. Rothschild. The Arnhem-Land specimens of Peradorcas have been referred by Dr. Collett * and myself 7 to P. concinna, of which the type specimen, collected on the ‘‘ N.W. Coast of Australia” by Lieut. Emery, is in the British Museum. ‘This type is in a very faded condition, and it is only now, on the receipt of a fresh example from near Wyndham, Kimberley, collected by Mr. J. P. Rogers, that I am able to verify that the colour of concinna is really ferruginous, as stated by Gould and Waterhouse, and that the much greyer Arnhem-Land animal is a different form. It may be noted that this fresh specimen of concinna, although very old, with the incisors worn down, is still continuing to produce additional molars at the back of its tooth-row, a characteristic pointed out when I founded the genus Peradorcas. * P. Z, S, 1897, p. 325. t Noy. Zool. xi. p. 226 (1904). On new Species of Aotus. 199 XXIV.—Six new Species of Aotus. By Guy Dotan, B.A. (Published by permission of the Trustees of the British Museum.) WHILE working out the collection of Douroucoulis contained in the British Museum I have found six forms that appear to belong to hitherto undescribed species, of which I now give descriptions. Avtus roberti, sp. n. Related to Actus azare, Humb., but much yellower in colour and with a larger skull. Size and general proportions similar to A. azare, Hair rather harsh and long, measuring about 40 mm. in length on the back. General colour of upper surface of body, limbs, hands, and feet greyish buff (near putty-colour no. 4, ‘ Reper- toire de Couleurs’) ; sides of body rather greyer than back. Black markings on head similar in arrangement to those of A. azare, but the lateral stripes are rather indistinct and tend to spread out posteriorly. Under surface of body butft- coloured (yellowish buff no. 3, ‘ Repertoire de Couleurs’). Undersides of limbs very similar in colour to belly, but rather greyer. Upper surface of tail a rich tan-colour at base, distal half blackish. Underside of tail similar to upper surface, only the basal region is darker in colour, approaching chestnut. Skull rather larger than that of A. azare, especially the orbital region; nasals and palate broader. Dimensions of the type (measured in flesh) :— Head and body 330 mm.; tail 350; hind foot 90; ear 26. Skull: greatest length 64 ; basilar length 44°7; zygomatic breadth 40°5; greatest breadth across orbital region 43°6 ; condylo-basilar length 48; palatilar length 17; length of upper tooth-row, from front of first premolar to back of last molar, L5. Hab. Serra da Chapada, Matto Grosso, Brazil. Altitude 2700 feet. Type. Adult female. B.M. no. 3.7.7. 14. Collected 28th September, 1902, by Alphonse Robert. Presented by Mrs. Percy Sladen. Though closely allied to A. azarae, the dissimilarity of the skulls of the two forms, together with the differences in colour, necessitate this Brazilian species being considered quite distinct from the more southern form. 15* 200 Mr. G. Dollman on Aotus nigriceps, sp. n. Allied to Aotus beliviensis, Elliot, but having the head- stripes much broader and continued back further on the crown ; skuil with much smaller orbits. Size as in A. boliviens’s. General colour of back greyish olive, rather darker in the mid-line, where the grey is suffused with a buff-coloured tint. Flanks and upper sides of limbs dull grey. Backs of hands and feet dark brownish black. Lateral head-stripes black, rather broad and extending back on to the posterior part of the crown. Median stripe diamond- shaped, extending back almost as far as the lateral stripes, but not uniting with them. Light marks above eyes white, speckled with black. Under surface of body and limbs yellowish (ochre-colour no. 1, ‘ Repertoire de Couleurs’). Tail very similar to that of A. 'holiviensis, but rather darker towards the tip. Skull much narrower across orbital region than that: of A, boliviensis. Dimensions of the type (esse in skin) :— Head and body 380 mm. ; tail 387; hind foot 88. Skull: greatest length 63° ‘A; basilar ‘length 41 ; ; zygomatic breadth 89; greatest breadth across orbital region 44; condylo-basilar length 47; palatilar length 18; length of upper tooth-row, from front of first premolar to back of last molar, 15. Hab. Chanchamayo, Peru. Altitude 3000 feet. Type. Adult male. B.M. no. 5. 11. 2.2. Collected in February 1904 by C. O. Schunke. Ten otherspecimens from Chanchamayo have been examined, and they all agree with the type in the arrangement of the black head-stripes and the possession of small orbits, characters that justify this Peruvian form being considered distinct from the Bolivian species. Aotus senex, sp. n. Similar to Aotus boliviensis, Elliot, as regards the head- stripes, but with a pure black tip to the tail and a very much smaller and narrower skull. Hair of medium length, measuring about 30 mm. long on the back. General colour of back greyish buff, darker down the middle (brown-pink no. I, ‘ Repertoire de Couleurs’), becoming paler and greyer on the flanks and upper side of limbs. Individual hairs of back black at base ; terminal half of hairs composed of four alternate rings of buff and black. Head-stripes black and very narrow; lateral stripes on head new Species of Aotus. 201 not extending back beyond the forehead. Median stripe very narrow at anterior end, spreading out into a diamond-shaped mark on the forehead. None of the stripes united at their posterior terminations. Light marks above eyes very broad and white. Under surface of body yellowish (mars-yellow no. 1, ‘ Repertoire de Couleurs’). Underside of limbs similar in colour to belly, becoming greyish towards the extremities, especially the hind limbs. Basal portion of tail reddish (tan- colour no. 1, ‘Repertoire de Couleurs’), becoming black towards the middle, from which point to the tip the tail is completely black. Skull much narrower across the orbits than that of A. bo- liviensis. Dimensions of the type (measured in skin) :— Ilead and body 380 mm.; tail 390; hind foot 86. Skull: greatest length 65; basilar length 40; zygomatic breadth 866; greatest breadth across orbital region 41-4 ; condylo-basilar length 45:4 ; palatilar length 17 ; length of upper tooth-row, from front of first premolar to back of last molar, 15. Hab. Pozuzo, Peru. Altitude 2400 feet. Type. Subadult female. B.M. no. 8. 6. 17.6. Collected by L. Egg in March 1905. A second specimen trom the same locality is quite similar to the type. This species is sharply marked off from A. boliviensis by its much narrower skull, and trom A. nigriceps by the black head-stripes being wholly confined to the forehead, not spreading on to the crown of the head. Aotus gularis, sp. n. Allied to Aotus trivirgatus, Humb., but having the black head-stripes continued back on to the neck in the form of a well-marked V. Size and general characteristics as in A. trivirgatus. Hair of medium length, measuring about 23 mm. long on back. General colour of back buffy brown (snuff-brown no. 1, * Repertoire de Couleurs’), speckled with black and silvery white, paling to greyish buff on the flanks and upper sides of limbs. Backs of hands and feet dark brownish black, sprinkled with buff. Stripes on head blackish brown, broad and well-detined. Lateral stripes continued back on to the neck, where they meet one another, forming a V-shaped mark on the crown and neck. Median stripe rather broad on the forehead, becoming narrower on the crown, where it extends back to meet the two lateral stripes at their common point of 202 Mr. G. Dollman on union. Light marks above eyes buff-coloured, turning to @ vich brownish buff on the top of the head. Under surface of body pale buff (yellowish buff no. 1, ‘Repertoire de Couleurs’) ; throat and chin dirty grey. Under sides of limbs greyish buff. Basal portion of tail reddish (brownish terra-cotta no. 1, ‘ Repertoire de Couleurs’), washed over with black, gradually becoming blacker towards the tip, where it is almost wholly black. Skull similar in size to that of A. trivirgaius; teeth a little larger, especially the last molar. Dimensions of the type (measured in skin) :— Head and body 360 mm.; tail 310; hind foot 72. Skull: greatest length 634; basilar length 40°5; zygomatic breadth 40; greatest breadth across orbital region 42°5; condylo-basilar length 45; palatilar length 16; length of upper tooth-row, from front of first premolar to back of last molar, 15. Hab. Mouth of the Rio Coca, Upper Rio Napo, Ecuador. Type. Adult female. B.M. no. 0. 6. 3.1. Collected in June, 1899, and presented by Mr. W. Goodtellow. In addition to the type, the Museum possesses another specimen referable to this new form, also from the Upper Rio Napo. ‘The well-defined V-shaped marking on the head, extending back on to the neck, and the grey-coloured throat constitute sufficient grounds tor considering these two specimens to represent a distinct species. Aotus lanius, sp. n. A mountain form allied to Aotus trivirgatus, Humb., but readily distinguished by its long thick coat and the broad indistinct head-stripes. Hair of back very long, measuring about 60 mm. in length. General colour of back and upper surfaces of limbs reddish brown (burnt umber no. 1, ‘ Repertoire de Couleurs’), speckled with buff, rather greyer on flanks. Individual hairs of back brownish-slate colour at base, this colour extending for about half the entire length, followed by two buffy-brown rings, with a black one between them, the hairs terminating in a leng black tip. Backs of hands and feet brownish black, speckled with buff. Head-stripes brownish rather indistinct, and not extending back beyond the forehead. Median stripe broad, spreading out on the forehead into a fan-shaped mark. Light marks above eyes buffy. Under surface of body pinkish buff (apricot no. 1, ‘ Repertoire de Couleurs’), getting paler on the flanks, Throat and chin tN ai os new Species of Aotus, 203 greyish buff. Basal half of tail similar in colour to back, istal portion brownish black and rather bushy. Skull with large heavy teeth, Dimensions of the type (measured in skin) :— Head and body 365 mm.; tail 350; hind foot 82. Skull (occipital region broken): basilar length 40:8; zygomatic breadth 38°8; greatest breadth across orbital region 41°6; condylo-basilar length 46; palatilar length 17°5 ; length of upper tooth-row, from front of first premolar to back of last molar, 16. Hab, Mountains of Tolima, Colombia. Altitude 6000 feet. Ty,e. Adult female. B.M. no. 90. 2. 22. 4. Collected and presented by Mr. R. B. White. In addition to the type, the Museum received three other specimens of this species trom Mr. White, all from the ‘lolima Mountains. These long-haired Douroucoulis undoubtedly represent a mountain form, which, though resembling A. érivirgatus in some respects, is easily differentiated by its long hair and broad indistinct head-stripes. Aotus microdon, sp. n. A small-toothed form, allied to the foregoing species. Hair of back soft and rather long, measuring about 88 mm, in length. General colour of back brownish orange (between tan-colour no. 2 and bistre no. 3, ‘ Repertoire de Couleurs’), paling to a brownish yellow (snuff-colour no. 2, ‘ Repertoire de Couleurs’) on the flanks and upper surfaces of limbs. Individual hairs of back slaty brown at base, paling to a greyish ring in the middle, the colour then changing to buff and orange (tan-colour no. 2, ‘ Repertoire de Couleurs’), the hairs terminating in a black tip. Backs of hands and feet reddish brown. Head-stripes brownish, rather indistinct and continued back on to the hinder part of the head, though not meeting one another posteriorly. Light marks above eyes yellowish white, becoming richer in colour on the crown, where they gradually pass into the brownish-orange colour of the neck. Under surface of body, throat, and limbs butty (yellowish buff no. 3, ‘ Repertoire de Couleurs’). Tail at base reddish (tan-colour no. 2, ‘ Repertoire de Couleurs’), distal portion black. Skull resembles that of A. lanius, only the teeth are smaller. Dimensions of the type (measured in skin) :— Head and body 394 mm.; tail broken ; hind foot 80. Skull: greatest length 61°5 ; basilar length 39; zygomatic 204 On a new Species of Presbytis. breadth 39:5; greatest breadth across orbital region 41; condylo-basilar length 44; palatilar length 16; length of upper tooth-row, from front of first premolar to back of last molar, 14. Hab. Macas, Ecuador. Type. Adult. B.M. no. 72. 4. 30. 4. The small teeth, brown hands and feet, and the arrange- ment of the head-stripes indicate that this southern form, though closely related to A. lanius, must be looked upon as a distinct species. XXV.—A new Species of Presbytis, allied to P. rubicundus. By Guy DoLiMan, B.A. (Published by permission of the Trustees of the British Museum.) Preshytis ignitus, sp. n. Size and general proportions similar to Presbyt/s rubi- cundus, Miill., but much lighter in colour, and having the frontal region of the skull dome-shaped. Upper surface of body and limbs a uniform reddish colour (‘dull brick-red no. 4,” Repertoire de Couleurs), the long hair on the neck slightly paler. Backs of hands and feet very similar in colour to body, not black as in P. rubi- cundus. Underside of body and limbs rather lighter than upper surface (“dull brick-red no. 2,” Repertoire de Couleurs). Tail, throughout its entire length, similar in colour to back. Skull with a high dome-shaped forehead, presenting a marked contrast to the flat skull of P. rubicundus, where the forehead hardly rises above the level of the supraorbital es Cranium rather shorter; nasals broader and much atter. Dimensions of the type (measured in skin) :— Head and body 600 mm.; tail 750; hind foot 160. Skull: greatest length 94; zygomatic breadth 72; greatest breadth across oibital region 62; basilar length 59 ; condylo-basilar length 67; palatilar length 27; width of palate, behind second premolar, 20; length of upper tooth- row from front of first premolar to back of last molar 23°5. Hab. Mount Mulu, Baram, Sarawak, North Borneo. Altitude 1000 feet. Type. Adult female. B.M. no. 94. 6.2.31. Collected - On new South- American Arctiane. . 205 October 1893, and presented by Dr. Charles Hose. In addi- tion to the type, the Museum possesses seven other specimens referable to this new species, all from Sarawak, This North Bornean form differs so greatly from P. rubi- cundus, both as regards colour and skull-characters, that it must be considered specifically distinct from the Southern species. oe _ XXVI.— Descriptions of new South-American Arctiane. By the Hon. WALTER RoruscuiLp, Ph.D. In ‘ Novitates Zoologice,’ vol. xvi. (1909), I described some 118 new species of Arctiane, and the present paper is a continuation of the same work, The bulk of the species were collected by S. M. Klages and the late G. R. Ockenden. 1, Ammalo helops (Cram.). In vol. iii. of the ‘Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalan’ Sir George Hampson has united under Ammalo helops(Cram.) the following :—A. helops (Cram.), A. fervidus, Walk., A. megapyrrha, Walk., A. chrysogaster, Walk., and A. im- punctus, Grote, to which he atterwards added trwillaria, Dogn. ‘The latter is quite a distinct species. It now remains for me to discuss the five names treated as synonyms by Sir George. ‘The figure of Cramer clearly shows an insect which has on the fore wing a large red patch in the cell and four or five other patches of red beyond it. The types of chrysogaster and megapyrrha are both without any such marks, thus agreeing with Grote’s tmpunctus, A. fervidus is a similar insect, but of an orange-rufous colour all over except the usual yellow and black banded abdomen. Thus we find two distinct types, one with red patches on the disk and one without ; but it appears to be a fact that by far the larger number of specimens from Mexico and Central America have no patches, therefore | have come to the conclusion that these onght to be regarded as a separate subspecies under the name of A, helops megapyrrha, W\k. 2. Ammalo klagesi, sp. n. ¢. Palpi, pectus, head, thorax, and basal and terminal segments of abdomen brick-red ; rest of abdomen sooty black, Antenne, tibie, and tarsi fuscous. Wings dull 206 Hon. Walter Rothschild on fuscous brown, with a purple sheen in some lights ; base of both pairs of wings brick-red. Length of fore wing 3£ mm. Hab. Fonte Boa, Upper Amazon, August 1906 (S. M. Klages). 3. Ochrodota similis, sp. n. ?. Differs from pronopites, Druce, in the tegule being brown like the patagia, the frons dirty yellowish brown, not white, the basal pale area of fore wing being brown, with twelve whitish spots, not whitish irrorated with brown lines and spots, and in having two large white spots in cell and on costa beyond the pale basal area. ‘he apical patch of whitish yellow irrorated with brown is absent, and is replaced by acostal and subcostal white spot one-fourth from apex and three small white subapical spots. On the hind wing a broad, ill-defined, fuscous band extends trom apex to anal angle beyond the cell. 3. Ditters from female in the light spots being much smaller and hind wings darker. Length of fore wing, 9 16, g 11-13 mm. Hab. Fonte Boa, Upper Amazon, July 1906, and Codajos, Upper Amazon, April 1907 (S. Md. Klages). 13 6 ¢, Pe oie 4. Ochrodota tessellata, sp. n. 6. Lead and thorax pale buff ; palpi and vertex of head buffy white; tibize and tarsi of first two pairs of legs buffy white, banded with slate-grey ; hind pair of legs buffy white ; tegule with central pale rufous dot and patagia with broad rufous central stripe. Basal third of fore wing pale buff, a number of rufous rings; this basal area is bordered by a broad rufous-chestnut transverse band ; remaining two-thirds ot tore wing greyish lavender, irrorated with brownish marks ; near the apex is a buff patch, bordered with chestnut and streaked with rufous. Hind wing buff, margined with fuscous. Abdomen buffish; a central line and last three segments and antenne fuscous. ?. Similar to male, but irrorations on fore wing whitish and more distinct. Length of fore wing, g 12, ? 16 mm. Hab. Fonte Boa, Upper Amazon, July 1906 and 1907 (S. MW. Klages); Rio Huacamayo, Carabaya, 3100 feet (dry season), June 1904 (G. R. Ockenden). 5 68,2 9 9. new South-American Arctiane. 207 5. Ochrodota brunnescens, sp. 0. 3. Palpi and frons fuscous brown; vertex and tegul« buff, with rufous spots ; patagia fuscous, with rufous border ; thorax fuscous ; abdomen fuscous, except first two segments, which are whitish ; antenna whitish fuscous. Basal third of fore wing buff, with ill-defined rufous rings and spots ; rest of fore wing brown, irrorated with dark chestnut ; near apex is a buff patch marked with rufous. Hind wing buffy greyish white, washed with fuscous towards margin. 9. Larger than male; basal and subapical buff areas almost obliterated by the coalescing of the rufous markings ; thorax, abdomen, and hind wings fuscous brown. Length of fore wing, g 12, 9 16mm. Hab. Aroewarwa Creek, Maroewym Valley, Surinam, April 1905, and Fonte Boa, Upper Amazon, June 1907 (S. M. Klages). 11 g g,1 6. Ochrodota atra, sp. n. §. Palpi and head deep brown; tegule, patagia, and thorax brown-black, with small indistinct orange marks ; abdomen brown-black ; antennae dark fuscous. Fore wings brown-black, costa more brown ; basal fourth and a subapical patch orange-buff, blotched with rufous brown. Hind wings brown-black. Length of fore wing 12 mm. Hab, La Oroya, Rio Inambari, 8.E. Peru, 3100 feet, March 1905 (wet season) (G. 2. Ockenden). 2 3 2. 7. Ochrodota affinis, sp. n. ?. Similar to pronapides and similis. Wings and body uniform sooty fuscous ; pale basal and subapical areas of allied two species only indicated by a white dot near base of cell and some buffish subapical spots. 3. Smaller, and pale dots and spots larger. Length of fore wing, 2? 16, ¢ 11 mm. Hab. Fonte Boa, Upper Amazon, June, August, and September 1906 (S. M. Klages) ; aa Upper Amazon, April 1907 (S. M. Klages). 3 33,6 8. Tessellarctia distincta, sp. n. 3. Palpi, antenna, tegule, and head pale fuscous grey ; patagia and thorax dull whitish buff. Fore wing rufescent 208 Hon. Walter Rothschild on buffy clay-colour, above inner margin a dark brown longitu- dinal semioval patch, bordered with buffy white, outer three- fourths of inner margin broadly buffy white ; a buffy-white submarginal line along outer margin; a subapical dark brown patch joined to an oblique irregular band, almost connecting this to the patch above inner margin ; this band is bordered on each side by a broken white line. Hind wing dull orange-fuscous, with sooty irregular bands and blotches. Abdomen brown. Length of fore wing 14 mm. Hab. Fonte Boa, Upper Amazon, September 1906 (S. MZ, Klages) 536. 9. Pachydota rosenbergi, sp. n. ¢. Similar to albiceps, Walk., but differs in the head being whity buff, the discal and transverse darker band of fore wing being double, not treble, the discal hyaline area on hind wing being less extended than in continental speci- mens of albiceps, and in the abdomen being black, with a row of yellow spots on each side. Length of fore wing 23 mm. Hab. Paramba, W. Ecuador, 3500 feet (W. Rosenberg). 1 ree 10. Carathis klagesi, sp. n. Palpi dark brown; pectus orange-buff; first two pairs of legs orange-buff, banded with brown; head and thorax pale butf, tegule and patagia narrowly edged with brown; thorax with central chocolate line; abdomen pale buff, darker towards apex. Fore wing whitish yellow, covered with a network of chocolate lines from the costa across apical two-fifths of cell to outer angle ; a broad band of chocolate- brown, joined obliquely from its centre to the costa by another narrower and irregular band. Hind wing hyaline buff, with some indistinct brownish patches near the margin. Length of fore wing 16 mm. Hab. Fonte Boa, Upper Amazon, May 1906 (8S. JZ, Klages). 8 3S. 11. Carathis australis, sp. n. 3. Head and antenne fuscous; collar and tegule buff; patagia chocolate-brown, outer third buff, with brown streaks. Fore wing buff, with network of chocolate, three-fourths of the wing covered with a large wedge-shaped chocolate patch, natrowest on inner margin; two butf patches running from new South- American Arctiane. 209 costa into cell in this chocolate area, Hind wing greyish hyaline brown. Length of fore wing 22 mm. Hab. St. Catharina, Brazil. 12. Baritius sannionis, sp. n. é. Palpi crimson, bordered with brown outside ; head and tegulee golden yellow, with a central black dot in latter ; patagia and thorax brown, variegated with crimson and yellow ; antenne brown; abdomen crimson, last segment golden. Fore wing rufous brown, slightly irrorated with yellow ; base yellow, with two crimson dots, then a trans- verse band of crimson spots bordered with yellow; discal and postdiscal areas with three or four irregular bands of crimson spots bordered with yellow ; a row of minute crimson dots in a black marginal line. Hind wing hyaline rose with golden wash. Length of fore wing 10-13 mm. Hab. La Oroya, R. Inambari, S.E. Peru, Oct. 1904 (wet season) (G. 2. Ockenden) ; Fonte Boa, Upper Amazon, June 1906 (S. MW. Kiages). 3 Oo. 13. Baritius flavescens, sp. n. 3. Pale yellow ; antennz yellow, with a dark patch two- fifths from the point ; head and thorax yellow; abdomen pale brownish orange. Fore wing buffy yellow, irrorated with brown ; an antemedial, transverse, brown irregular band, forked on costa; an oblique postmedian brown band from costa to above outer angle; a subterminal brown spot above vein 5. Hind wing golden hyaline buff. Length of fore wing 14 mm. Hab. Fonte Boa, Upper Amazon, August 1906 (S, MM. Klages). 1. 14. Baritius eleutherotdes, sp. n. g. Similar to eleuthera, Stoll, but wings much narrower and all brown markings wider, more irregular, and the outlines less defined. Hind wings entirely salmon-pink. ?. Similar, but larger. Length of fore wing, ¢ 14, 2 18 mm. Hab. Fonte Boa, Upper Amazon, August 1906 (S. M. Klages) ; La Oroya, R. Inambari, 3100 feet, 8S.E. Peru (wet season), March 1905 (G@. R. Ockenden) ; Aroewarwa Creek, Maroewym Valley, Surinam, April 1905 (S. Jf. Klages) ; 210 Hon. Walter Rothschild oa La Union, Rio Huacamayo, Carabaya, 2000 feet (wet season), Nov. 1904 (G. R. Ockenden) ; Manaos to Yutobi River (M. Stuart), 43 65,5 2. 15. Baritius venata, sp. n. @. Head and thorax buffy yellow, with pale red spots; antenne fuscous yellow; abdomen dirty brick-red. Fore wing buffy yellow, all veins broadly marked out in pale brick- red; basal half of wing irregularly blotched with fuscous and dotted with black; a transverse postmedial fuscous line, dotted with black ; a marginal and submarginal row of black spots between the veins. Hind wing rosy red. g. Similar, but much brighter and darker. Length of fore wing, ? 18, ¢ 19 mm. Hab. Aroewarwa Creek, Maroewym Valley, Surinam, March 1905, and Fonte Boa, Upper Amazon, May 1906 (S. M. Klages) 12,266. 16. Baritius schausi, sp. n. 2. Nearest to marmorea, Schaus. Head and thorax yellow, variegated with reddish brown; abdomen dull crimson, first and last two segments yellow; antenne yellow. Fore wing purplish brown, irrorated with yellow ; numerous irregular transverse bands of dull yellow spots, with pale brick-red centres ; asubmarginal white line. Hind wing hyaline, pale opalescent salmon. Length of fore wing 21 mm. Hab. Caparo, Trinidad, Dec. 1905 (S. ML. Klages). 336, Le 17. Pelochyta affinis, sp. n. g. Nearest to cinerea, Walk., but head, tegule, and patagia orange. Fore wing with strong violet sheen and two postmedial dark patches. Base of hind wings salmony orange. Abdomen salmon-orange, last three segments with central black dots. Length of fore wing 25 mm. Hab. Lita, Ecuador (Flemming). 2 3 o. 18. Elysius pseudodryas, sp. n. g@. Allied closely to dryas, Cram. Head, thorax, and antennze deep black-brown ; abdomen yellow above, with two dorso-lateral lines of black spots; the first five segments densely clothed with long orange-salmon airs. Fore wings new South- American Arctiane. 911 deep black- brown, with a very strong blue-purple sheen, and irrorated with greyish yellow; at apex of cell a group of yellow-grey dots and spots. Hind wing pale hyaline salmon, basal third densely clothed with orange-salmon hair; mar- ginal band of wing fuscous, only slightly wider at apex and much narrower than in dryas. There is in the British Museum a female with rose-pink hind wing and first abdo- minal segments from Rio Grande do Sul; but this has an extra wide marginal band to the hind wings. Length of fore wing 25 mm. Hab, La Oroya, R. Inambari, Carabaya, 3100 feet, Nov. and Dec. 1905 (wet season) (G. R. Ockenden). 1 @. 19. Elysius ammaloides, sp. n. 3. Palpi, head, and thorax orange-brown mixed with fuscous ; antenne fuscous brown; abdomen orange-buff, with indistinct black rings. Fore wing purplish mauve, strongly irrorated with brown; a pinkish-salmon spot near apex below vein 10. Hind wing orange-buff, washed with salmon. Q. Similar. Length of fore wing, g 26, 2 28 mm. Hab. R. Huacamayo, Carabaya (dry season), 3100 feet, June 1904 (G@. R. Ockenden) ; Fonte Boa, Upper Amazon, May 1906 (S. AL. Klages). 3 6 g,2 2 9. 20. Elysius atrobrunnea, sp. n. gd. Similar to atrata, Feld., and terra, Druce, but larger and paler. Head and tegule orange; thorax brown ; an- tenne brown; abdomen blackish, basal segment orange, a lateral line of orange and a narrow orange ring on fifth segment. Fore wing sooty brown. Hind wing pale sooty grey-brown, hyaline area indistinct. Length of fore wing 32 mm. Hab. Merida, Venezuela (Bricefo). 1 3. 21. Elysius magnifica, sp. n. ¢. Nearest to cingulata, Walk., but much larger. Palpi, head, and thorax blackish crimson; antenne brown; first two segments of abdomen rosy carmine, the second ene with a blackish narrow band ; anal segment chestnut, washed with carmine; remaining segments above black, with golden- ellow rings; below, pectus crimson, abdomen chestnut; cs fuscous brown. Fore wing deep rufous chocolate, covered with a network of orange-brown hair-lines; base 212 Hon. Walter Rotlischild on carmine, with a golden and a brown spot; beyond base is a patch of orange irrorated with red, in the cell and on the disk are several indistinct ill-defined patches paler than the ground-colour of the wing, being of a dull orange-brown. Hind wing rosy carmine. Length of fore wing 46 mm. Hab. Tinguri, Carabaya, 3400 feet, August 1904 (dry season), and La Oroya, Rio Inambari, 3100 feet, S.E. Peru, April 1901 and Sept. 1904 (dry season) (G. &. Ockenden). 6 oo. 22. Elysius terranea, sp. n. g. Pectus, legs, palpi, head, and thorax uniform mummy- brown; antenne fuscous brown; abdomen mummy-brown, but paler than thorax, owing to longer hairs being tinged with yellow. Fore wing bright mummy-brown, irrorated with buff streaks, a round buff spot at apex of cell. Hind wing hyaline greyish buff, washed with clay-brown towards margins; along abdominal margin wing broadly clothed with yellow hairs. Length of fore wing 28 mm. Hab. La Oroya, Rio Inambari, Peru, 3100 feet (dry season) (G. ft. Ockenden). 1 6. 23. Ischnocampa floccosa, sp. n. 2. Nearest to sordida, Feld. Palpi brownish grey ; head and antenne pale yellowish grey ; collar dull orange; thorax yellowish grey, powdered with darker grey ; abdomen sooty black, last segment greyish buff. Fore wing buffy grey, densely irrorated with greyish brown at apex of cell; a strongly angulated brown band from costa to vein 4 ; a black dot in cell; from apex of cell almost to submarginal area wing covered with sooty-brown cloud. Hind wing, basal three-fourths hyaline, outer fourth buffy grey irrorated with greyish brown. Length of fore wing 19 mm. Hab. La Oroya, Rio Inambari, 8.E. Peru, 3100 feet (dry season), Sept. 1904 (G. R. Ockenden). 1 9. 24. Opharus aurantiacus, sp. n. ¢. Pectus orange; legs orange, spotted with fuscous ; palpi orange, last joint black; head and thorax orange, with black dots; antenne brown; abdomen orange-buff, clothed with orange-salmon hairs. Fore wing orange-yellow, densely new South-American Arctiane. 213 irrorated with rufous transverse lines, one-fourth from base a transverse rufous band from costa to inner margin; in cell a silver dot in chocolate patch. Hind wing Pa al washed with yellow. Length of fore wing 34 mm. Hab. Chanchamayo, January to September 1901 (W. Hoffmanns). 1 2. 25. Hemihyalea ochracea, sp. n. ?. Palpi, legs, head, and thorax clayish ochraceous buff ; abdomen salmon-pink, first and last segments clayish buff. Fore wing clayish ochraceous buff, irrorated with minute black streaks ; on costa and disk a number of patches and ill-defined bands of creamy buff. Hind wing pale hyaline salmon, apex buff. 7 Length of fore wing 32 mm. Hab, Voleano de Chiriqui, 5000-9000 feet (Watson). ee 26. Hemihyalea testacea, sp. n. ¢@. Legs testaceous buff, washed with carmine on inner surface ; antenne rufous; head and thorax testaceous buff; abdomen deep carmine, sides and tip of last segment pale buff. Fore wing testaceous buff, slightly hyaline owing to thin sealing. Hind wing hyaline at abdominal margin, broadly salmon-carmine. Length of fore wing 31 mm. Hab, Jalapa, Mexico. 1 ?. 27. Hemihyalea tristis, sp. n. @. Frons white; vertex and thorax rufous clay-brown, the latter with a few whitish hairs ; abdomen dull brownish rose, tip sooty brown and white. Fore wing dull rufous brown strongly hyaline, apex of cell with black line, beyond cell an ill-defined zigzag indistinct orange-brown band. Hind wing pale hyaline brownish clay-colour. Length of fore wing 27 mm. Hab, Agualani, Carabaya, 9000 feet (wet season), March 1905 (@. R. Ockenden). 1 2. 28. Hemihyalea brunnescens, sp. n. gd. Pectus rufous brown mixed with crimson; palpi brown, third segment whitish ; first two pairs of legs dull white, clay-brown inside; frons dull white ; rest of head Ann. & Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 8. Vol. iv. 16 214 Hon, Walter Rothschild on rufous brown, collar and shoulders white; thorax rufous brown; abdomen pale crimson; antenne rufous brown. Fore wing hyaline, costa, inner margin, and outer fifth of wing rufous brown, the latter bordered on inside by a paler band. Hind wing hyaline with greyish-brown border. In one specimen pectus, head, and thorax are rufous grey. Length of fore wing 25-31 mm. Hab. Agualani, Carabaya, 9000 feet (dry season), Aug. 1905, and Tinguri, Carabaya, 3400 feet (dry season), Aug. 1904 (G. R. Ockenden); Bogota Town, March. 3 ¢. 29. Hemihyalea fusca, sp. n. 6. Pectus rosy crimson, strongly mixed with brown ; legs black-brown ; palpi, head, antennze, and thorax dark brown; abdomen rosy crimson. Fore wing hyaline, costa, outer and inner margins very dark brown. Hind wing hyaline, with brownish-white border, along the abdominal margin broadly clothed with rose hairs. Length of fore wing 28-33 mm. Hab. Agualani, Carabaya, 9000 feet, Dec. 1905 (wet season), and Rio Huacamayo, Carabaya, 3100 feet (dry season), June 1904 (G. R. Ockenden). 30. Amastus hampsont, sp. n. 3. Palpi and head black; collar crimson ; tegule black, with orange hind margin; patagia black, with orange band ; thorax and antenne black; abdomen above crimson, last segment grey-brown, a lateral band of grey spots margined with black and dotted with orange. Fore wing rufous brown shaded with various paler shades of brown, an antemedial lunate sooty black band, followed by a medial broad wedge- shaped patch of same colour reaching from costa nearly to vein 1, beyond cell a chain of clayish-brown spots with sooty margins, between this chain and outer margin a zigzag rufous- buff line and between the preceding transverse markings much rufous-buff clouding. Hind wing hyaline clayish buff. Length of fore wing 37 mm. Hab. Paramba, Ecuador, Jan. to May 1897 (W. Rosen- berg). 12. 31. Amastus pseudocollaris, sp. n. 9. Pectus orange; legs and palpi sooty brown; head white; collar orange-rufous; tegule white with orange- new South-American Arctiane. 215 rufous hind margin; patagia white with orange-rufous central band; abdomen above orange, with a lateral row of whitish and black streaks, underside of abdomen dirty white, with two rows of orange spots. Fore wing cinnamon-hazel, somewhat paler on euch side of veins, disc crossed by three almost obliterated blackish bands. Hind wings hyaline brownish buff, passing into hazel towards the margins. Length of fore wing 35 mm. Hab. Chiriqni, Panama. 1 @. 32. Amastus steinbachi, sp. n. 3. Legs rufous clay-brown ; pectus maroon-crimson ; head white ; tegule white anteriorly, maroon-crimson poste- riorly ; patagia white, with a central black band, with which is a rufous spot and a white line ; thorax maroon-crimson, with central white line; abdomen above crimson, last three segments but one clay-brown with white edges, tip of last segment scarlet. Fore wing dirty orange-brown, traversed by a number of indistinct, blackish, greyish and whitish bands, almost as in macu/icincta, Hmpsn. Hind wing hyaline buffy grey. Length of fore wing 28 mm. Hab. ‘Tucuman, 3580 feet, Jan. and Feb. 1905 (J. Stein- bach). 283,19. 33. Amastus drucet, sp. n. d. Legs, head, and antenne rufous mummy-brown ; collar orange; thorax rufous mummy-brown; abdomen above orange, below mummy-brown. Fore wing chestnut- brown, a darker lunate spot at apex of cell, basal three-fifths washed with cinnamon, a cinnamon zigzag line crossing the wing beyond this area. Hind wing hyaline whitish brown. Length of fore wing 25-27 mm. Hab. Santo Domingo to Limbani, Carabaya, 3000-9000 feet, June 1904 (dry season) (G. R. Ockenden). 3 32. . 34. Amastus dognini, sp. n. Pectus brown mixed with rose; head and thorax greyish brown; antenne brown; abdomen dirty coral-red. Fore wing mummy-brown ; at apex of cell a large patch darker brown surrounded with cinnamon, beyond the cell a zigzag cinnamon transverse narrow band, beyond which the wing is much covered with cinnamon scales. Hind wing hyaline grey-buff, darker near abdominal margin, fringe brown. 16 216 Hon. Walter Rothschild on Length of fore wing 24 mm. Hab, Santo Domingo to Limbani, Carabaya, 3000-9000 feet, June 1904 (dry season) (G. R. Ockenden). 1 Gk 35. Amastus rufescens, sp. n. ¢. Head and antennz rufous brown ; vertex and thorax dull salmon-rose, strongly mixed with deep brown; abdomen dirty salmon. Fore wing deep chestnut- brown, slightly powdered with yellowish scales, at apex of cell a blackish patch, beyond cell an orange-brown transverse wavy narrow band. Hind wing hyaline buff, margined with brown. Length of fore wing 27 mm. | Hab. eae Carabaya, 9000 feet (dry season), July 1905 (G. R. Ockenden); Peru. 336. A specimen marked “ Peru” has the transverse band almost absent and the patch at the end of cell replaced by two black dots. 36. Halisidota nigrescens, sp. n. @. Antenne rufous ; head and thorax sooty black; abdo- men sooty brown. Fore wing sooty brownish black; from outer angle to costa a zigzag transverse buff line. Hind wing hyaline grey-buff. Length of fore wing 31 mm. Hab. Agualani, Carabaya, 9000 feet (wet season), Dec. 1905 HGo &: Ockenden). a 22. 37. Halisidota ockendent, sp. n. 2. Allied to semifulvus, Druce. Head and thorax greyish cream-colour ; abdomen brownish drab-grey. Fore win hyaline, irrorated and spotted sparsely with black; costa, inner margin, and outer one-fifth of wing brownish buff, mottled with dull brown. Hind wing hyaline greyish buff. Length of fore wing 28 mm. Hab. Pee) Carabaya, 9000 feet (wet season), Dec. 1905 (G.R . Ockenden). 1-22 38. Halisidota affinis, sp. n. g. Very near ingens, H. Edwards. Head brownish sooty black; antennz orange-rufous ; thorax mixed sooty brown- black and whitish grey ; abdomen greyish drab-brown. Fore wing sooty black crossed by five irregular bands of white patches, fringe of outer margin chequered black and new South-American Arctiane. 217 white. Hind wing hyaline whitish, more grey towards abdominal margin, brown spot in cell and one at apex. Length of fore wing 25 mm. Hab. Huatuxco, Vera Cruz. 1 2. 39. /alisidota hyalinipuncta, sp. n. é. Frons white mixed with black hairs and with a chevron-shaped black mark; vertex greyish black; thorax black, splashed and mixed with creamy white, inner side of patagia orange-buff; abdomen orange-buff above, densely clothed with sooty hairs, last segment sooty grey. Fore wing sooty black, densely irrorated with creamy white, a number of basal patches, costal patches, and a transverse row of submarginal patches creamy white ; disc of wing occupied Zn four irregular transverse bands of large hyaline patches. ind wing hyaline white, yellowish at base. Length of fore wing 23-27 mm. Hab, Agualani, Carabaya, 9000 feet (wet season), Dec. 1905 (G. Rk. Ockenden). 4232. 40. Halisidota punctata, sp. n. An extremely variable insect ; I take as type that form of which I have five specimens more or less alike. 3. Palpi sooty black-brown; head cream-white ; antenne sooty brown with paler tips; thorax svoty brown powdered with yellow, shoulders and centre cream-white ; abdomen sooty brown, with creamy anal tuft. Fore wing sooty brown powdered with yellow, basal one-third with three small and one large cream spot, the latter running into wing from costa, from costa across and beyond apex of cell a large irregular cream patch, a postmedian transverse band of seven or eight large and small cream patches, from apex to vein 1 an almost coalescent series of large irregular cream blotches. Hind wing pale fuscous, centre and outer margins cream-colour. The opposite extreme has the thorax and fore wing so densely powdered with yellow as almost to appear olive golden brown ; costa of fore wing evenly spotted with yellow-cream, dise of wing Spotted with stall dots of the same colour, a submargi- nal tas of cream spots and the fringe chequered cream and brown. Hind wing cream slightly washed with grey, fringe chequered cream and brown. Length of fore wing 20-22 mm, Hab. Santo Domingo, Carabaya, 6500 feet, Nov. 1901 and March, June, October, November, and December 1902 (G, 2. Ockenden). 8 3d. 218 Hon. Walter Rothschild on 41. Halisidota pseudocarye, sp. 0. go. Very near H. carye, Harr., but much paler. Pectus, palpi, head, and thorax pale creamy buff; the inner edges of patagia and abdomen dark buff. Fore wing creamy buff irrorated with rufous cinnamon scales and with five irregular transverse lines of semihyaline creamy spots and streaks much less conspicuous and smaller than in earye ; a pale cinnamon-brown oblique streak from costa to end of vein 2, and a similar one from apex of cell to end of vein 6 ; inner margin rufous cinnamon. Hind wing hyaline cream- colour. . Length of fore wing 19 mm. Hab. Nogales, Arizona (Oslar). 2 8. 42. Halisidota terranea, sp. n. 3. Allied to huaco, Schaus, but with narrower and blunter wings, much stouter body and much longer antenna. Pectus, palpi, head, and thorax pale yellowish cream-buff; antennes pale fuscous ; abdomen pale fuscous. Fore wing pale cream- buff, slightly irrorated and sparingly dotted with fuscous brown. Hind wing cream-buff, densely clothed with pale fuscous hairs, a wide margin fuscous. Some specimens show hardly any irroration or dotting on the fore wing, while others are rather heavily so marked. Length of fore wing 17°5-20 mm. Hab. Fonte Boa, Upper Amazon, July to October 1906 and July and August 1907 (S. M1. Klages) ; Coca, Rio Napo, June to August 1899 (W. Goodfellow). 1486. 43. Halisidota oblonga, sp. n. dé. Palpi, head, and tegule dirty brown mixed with golden buff; patagia golden buff ; centre of thorax brownish ; antennee dull brown; abdomen orange-buff. Fore wing elongated, orange-buff, irrorated, clouded, and blotched with dirty mauve cinnamon fuscous. Hind wing hyaline orange- buff, with two cinnamon spots at apex. Length of fore wing, 6 27, 2 31 mm. Hab, Santo Domingo, Carabaya, 6000 feet, July 1902 (dry season), and Oconeque, Carabaya, 7000 feet (dry season), July 1904 (G. BR. Ockenden). 788,22 2. 44, Halisidota setosa, sp. n. 9. Pectus, head, and thorax sooty buff; antenne brown- ish ; abdomen brownish buff, ending in an enormous cushion- new South-American Arctiane. 219 pad of buff hair. Fore wing very elongate and narrow, pale whitish buff, sparingly irrorated with brownish marks, round cell a number of ill-defined sooty-brown patches, from apex inwards run three brown spots. Hind wing pale buff, a brownish dot near anal angle. é. Similar, but much sinaller, Length of fore wing, 9 21, ¢ 14-16 mm. Hab. Lia Oroya, Rio Inambari, Peru, 3100 feet (dry season), Sept. 1904 ; La Union, Rio Huacamayo, Carabaya, 2000 feet (wet season), Dec. 1904, and ‘Tinguri, Carabaya, pag feet (wet season), Jan. 1905 (G. R. Ovkenden). 17 3 8, 2 3. 45. Halisidota oruboides, sp. n. 6. Has been usually mixed up with oruba, Schaus, but quite distinct. Palpi, frons, and antenne pale brown ; frons sulphur-yellow, with central brown stripe ; thorax sulphur- ellow, with central stripe and mark on patagia brown ; abdomen golden buff. Fore wing sulphur-yellow, irrorated with brownish-rufous lunules, from base to apex a broad rufous-brown band, a chocolate spot above this band in cell. Hind wing hyaline buff, slightly opalescent. Length of fore wing, ¢ 16-21, 9 22 mm. Hab. Santo Domingo, Carabaya, 6500 feet (wet season), and (dry season) July and Nov. 1902, and ‘linguri, Carabaya, 3400 feet, August 1904 and Jan. 1905; La Oroya, Rio Inambari, S.E. Peru, 3100 feet (wet season), Oct. 1904 (G. R. Ockenden). 19 6 8,12. 46. Halisidota similis, sp. n. 3. Similar to orubotdes, but has fore wing much narrower, longer, and more pointed. Antennz brown ; head and thorax buff tinged with brown ; abdomen golden buff. Fore wing buff, slightly irrorated with brown and dotted with the same colour; a band of brown runs from apex to base and two brown spots at apex of cell. Hind wing hyaline buff, Length of fore wing 17-19 mm, Hab. Fonte Boa, Upper Amazon, Aug. 1907 (9. M. Klages). 6g¢. 47. Paranerita aurantiipennis, sp. n. g. Frons yellowish grey ; vertex golden yellow; thorax greyish mauve ; abdomen golden orange. Fore wing, basal two-fifths obiiquely bright mauve, darker anteriorly and 220 Hon. Walter Rothschild on irrorated with a deeper colour and marked with red, anterior three-fifths golden yellow ; in the apical half a large blotch of the same colour as basal portion of wing, joined thereto by a narrow band of the same colour. Hind wing golden orange. Length of fore wing 16 mm. Hab. Fonte Boa, Upper Amazon, July 1906 (S. M. Klages). 1g. 48. Paranerita odorata, sp. n. 3. Resembles sithnoides, but has a distinct androconial patch on fore wing. Palpi and vertex lemon-yellow; thorax purplish grey-brown; abdomen scarlet, last segment pale yellow. Fore wing: basal half obliquely purple-brown washed with rose, a basal streak of scarlet, an androconial patch between cell and vein 2, rest of wing yellow ; a large apical spheroid patch purple-brown, bordered at costa with scarlet. Hind wing hyaline buff. Length of fore wing 11 mm. Hab. Fonte Boa, Upper Amazon, May 1906 (S. MZ. Klages). 49. Paranerita purpurascens, sp. n. 6. Head and palpi crimson ; vertex yellow ; thorax mauve- purple, variegated with crimson ; abdomen dull scarlet with whitish tip. Fore wing: basal half obliquely mauve-purple variegated with crimson, a yellow dot in crimson circle on vein 1; outer half yellow, with large apical spheroid patch of mauve-purple variegated and bordered with crimson. Hind wings hyaline orange-buff, washed with pale crimson. Length of fore wing 11 mm. Hab. Fonte Boa, Upper Amazon, June1906 (S. WM. Klages). 236. 50. Ischnocampa sordidior, sp. n. 6. Palpi and antenne pale brown; head greyish buff; collar orange; thorax grey-brown with a darker admixture ; abdomen sooty black, tip brown. Fore wing sooty brown, sprinkled somewhat with yellow scales and with a deep violet sheen; outer one-seventh yellowish, powdered with brown. Hind wing hyaline sooty black. Length of fore wing 18 mm. Hab. La Oroya, Rio Inambari, Peru, 3100 feet (dry season), Sept. 1904 (G. R. Ockenden). 1 @. new South-American Arctiane. 221 51. Halisidota cinnamomea, sp. n. ?. Pectus, palpi, head, antenna, thorax, and abdomen greyish cinnamon-brown. Fore wing cinnamon rufous, basal half dotted irregularly with cinnamon-buff, apical half clouded and mottled with cinnamon-buff. Hind wing hyaline buffish clay-colour. Length of fore wing 29 mm. Hab. Rio Huacamayo, Carabaya, 3100 feet (dry season), June 1904 (G. R. Ockenden). 19. 52. Halisidota baritioides, sp. n. @. Palpi, head, and antenne brownish buff; thorax buff, strongly mixed with brown and red ; abdomen buff, strongly washed with salmon-crimson. Fore wing bright buff, spotted and reticulated with rufous brown, larger spots in cell and between veins 6 and 7 and subapically of the same colour. Hind wing salmon-crimson. Length of fore wing 18 mm. Hab. Fonte Boa, Upper Amazon, Sept. 1906 (S. M. Klages). 1g. 53. LHalistdota flavescens, sp. n. ?. Palpi, head, and thorax golden buff ; abdomen golden buff, with tufts of orange-buff down the centre dorsally. Fore wing golden buff, inner margin brown, a brown dot at end of cell, a few scattered indications of brown dots on disc. Hind wing hyaline cream-colour, yellowish towards abdo- minal margin. Length of fore wing 245 mm. Hab. Sonora, New Mexico, Sept. 1-10 (Poling). 54. Halisidota albipuncta, sp. n. ?. Palpi, head, and thorax brownish orange-buff ; abdo- men golden buff. Fore wing brownish orange-buff, reti- culated and irrorated somewhat faintly with reddish brown, a brown irregular spot at base of cell and at apex of cell a large silver spot, from the costa to inner margin across apex of cell a transverse broad brown line, inner margin brown. Hind wing hyaline white. Length of tore wing 22 mm. Hab, Pereira, Cauca Valley. 222 Hon. Walter Rothschild on 55. Halisidota nubilosus, sp. n. 6. Nearest to ftestacea, Rothsch., but much larger. Palpi, frons, and antenne dull brown; vertex of head and thorax yellowish buff washed with a darker shade, two brown dots on tegule ; abdomen golden buff. Fore wing pale buff strongly irrorated and clouded with rufous mummy- brown, from base to apex a darker brown band, five or six dark brown spots on costa and submarginally at outer margin. Hind wing pale buff, basal half obliquely clothed with yellow hairs, indistinct brownish blotches at apex. Length of fore wing 25 mm. Hab. Santo Domingo, Carabaya, 6000 feet (wet season), Feb. 1902; Oconeque, Carabaya, 7000 feet (dry season), July 1904; and La Oroya, Rio Inambari, Peru, 3100 feet (dry season), Sept. 1904 (G. R. Ockenden). 636. 56. Halisidota hoffmannsi, sp. n. é. Very similar to terranea, Rothsch., but larger. Palpi, frons, and antenne dull brown; vertex of head and thorax greyish buff, tegule and patagia with central brown dots; abdomen pale fuscous. Fore wing pale brownish buff, from apex obliquely across seven-eighths of the wing to vein 1 runs an earthy brown band, which becomes wider distally from apex (at apex it is 1 mm. wide, at vein 1 9 mm. wide), at apex of cell two black spots, the lower three times as large as the upper, a submarginal row of brown dots. Hind wing buff, almost entirely covered with a brownish-grey wash, except from costa to vein 6 and three or four spots at outer margin. Length of fore wing 23 mm. Hab. Pozuzo, Dept. Huanuco, Peru (Hoffmanns). 1. On pages 35 and 36 ‘ Novitates Zoologice,’ vol. xvi. (1909), I described Areomolis basalisand Areomolis ockendent as new species. These two turn out not to belong to the genus Areomolis, but are two species of Neritos ; and while ockendent is a new species, basalis turns out to be Neritos steniptera, Hmpsn. 57. Halisidota bombycina, sp. n. g. Legs buff; pectus brownish buff washed with pink ; head, thorax, and antenne brownish buff ; abdomen testaceous buff, two basal segments strongly washed with pink. Fore wing: outer one-fifth, costa, and inner margin buff; disc semihyaline buff, strongly irrorated with brown scales ; the io new South-American Arctiane. 223 outer one-fifth slightly powdered with dark scales. Hind wing hyaline buff. Length of fore wing 23 mm. Hab, Limbani, Carabaya (dry season), 9500 feet, May 1904 (G. R. Ockenden). 12. 58. Halisidota anapheoides, sp. n. Q. Has much the appearance of the African genus Anaphe. Legs brownish buff; coxew dull pink; head and thorax brownish buff; abdomen clay-buff, washed with pink; antenne fuscous. Fore wing semihyaline buff; nervures strongly marked and bordered with rufous brown ; outer margin and three or four patches on costa rufous brown. Hind wing pale hyaline buff, darker and more rosy near abdominal margin. Length of fore wing 26 mm. Hab, Volcano de Chiriqui, 5000-9000 feet (Watson). 1 2. 59. Opharus albotestaceus, sp. n. 9. Pectus and legs deep buff; head, antenne, and thorax buffish testaceous, with two or three black dots on patagia ; abdomen buff, greyer towards base. Fore wing greyish buff, with four transverse bands of whitish square or oblong spots and numerous fuscous dots and spots. Hind wing hyaline greyish buff. Length ot fore wing 24 mm. Hab, La Vuelta, Caura River, May 1903 (S. Mf. Klages). A large series of females, 60. Opharus albescens, sp. n. ¢. Legs whitish, banded with buffish grey ; pectus buff ; head, antenne, and thorax testaceous white, a black dot in centre of tho:ax and on each side of the patagia; abdomen dirty buff with brown lateral spots. Fore wing testaceous white, seven brownish small spots on costa and disc in basal third of wing, a large blackish-brown patch at apex of cell. Hind wing hyaline whitish grey, splashed with darker grey at apex and near margin, Length of fore wing 28 mm. Hab, Maripa, Caura River (S. M. Klages). 1 ?. 61. Hyperthema hoffmannsi, sp. n. g. Pectus, head, thorax, and abdomen crimson, slightly 224 Hon. Walter Rothschild on tinged with yellow; antenne fuscous. Fore wing: basal one-third crimson, a large silvery white patch reaching from inner margin to vein 7, toothed on outside and surrounded with a black ring, rest of wing greyish brown, all nervures and costa for four-fifths from its base crimson, a diamond- shaped white patch beyond apex of cell. Hind wing hyaline white, edged with greyish brown. @. Similar, but hind wing sooty brown, only hyaline white at base. Length of fore wing, ¢ 15°5, 2 17 mm. Hab. Teffé, Amazons, June 1906, and Allianca, below San Antonio, Rio Madeira, Nov. & Dec. 1907 (W. Hoffmanns) ; Teffé, Amazons, Oct. 1907 (IZ, de Mathan). 148,229. 62. Automolis multicolor, sp. n. g. Pectus orange ; legs greyish white ; frons dark blackish grey ; vertex and tegule orange, thorax orange with black and white central spot ; patagia orange, bordered in front with white; abdomen deep crimson; antennz fuscous with yel-— lowish tips. Fore wing: basal half chocolate-brown washed with olive-yellow, near base a transverse slate-grey band veined with white, beyond the middle a broad transverse slate-grey band from costa to angle of inner margin veined with white, two white spots between the two bands on costa ; rest of wing chocolate-brown and tinged slightly with yellow, Hind wing: costal two-fifths testaceous orange, rest deep crimson. Length of fore wing 14 mm. Hab. Potaro, British Guiana, February 1908 (S. M. Klages). 236. 63. Automolis virescens, sp. n. 6. Pectus and frons orange; legs verditer-green, tarsi banded with fuscous; vertex greenish yellow; antenne dark grey; thorax orange; tegule and patagia green; abdomen greenish orange-buff. Fore wing hyaline green, from base broadly on both sides of vein 1 and along inner margin verditer apple-green, costal margin and costa brownish orange. Hind wing hyaline, abdominal area broadly yellow-buff. Q. Larger: thorax bright green ; abdomen washed strongly with green. Fore wing entirely verditer apple-green, only edge of costa yellow; hind wing hyaline greenish. Length of fore wing, gd 16, ? 21 mm. f Hab. Santo Domingo, Carabaya (dry season), 6500 feet, April 1902 (@. R. Ockenden). 284,12. +. nae “a new South-American Arctiane. 225 64. Automolis felderi, sp. n. 9. Similar to tyéris, Stoll. Pectus, head, antenne, and thorax white, a central thoracic spot yellow ; edges of tegula and patagia buffish grey ; abdomen orange-buff ‘above, white below, a central line of white dots above. Fore wing: costal edge white from base to one-fifth from apex, a basal yellow dot, rest of wing buffy grey, a large irregular postmedian hyaline patch reaching from costa to vein 3 and 9 millimetres wide. Hind wing hyaline pale buffy grey, abdominal area yellow. Length of fore wing 25 mm. Hab. Colombia (ex Felder Coll.). 65. Ochrodota funebris, sp. n. gd. Pectus buff; legs sooty brown; palpi sooty brown ; antenne fuscous ; head and thorax sooty brown; abdomen -above sooty black, below buff. Fore wing sooty brown, faintly irrorated with a paler shade; a white spot at base of costa and two minute white dots on costa and subcostal vein one-fifth from apex. Hind wing sooty black. Length of fore wing 15-16 mm. flab. Pozuzo, Huanuco, 2940-3250 feet (W. Hoffmanns). 266. 66. Baritius peculiaris, sp. n. This remarkable species belongs to the pyrrhopyga grou 3d. Legs, pectus, head, antenna, and thorax velvety blacks abdomen above black, last segment golden yellow, last but one crimson, two basal segments below buff. Fore wing transparent hyaline, a black streak at apex of cell; base, costa, nervures, apex, outer and inner margin black. Hind wing hyaline transparent, nervures, costa, and margins black, a black patch at anal angle. Length of fore wing 21 mm. Hab. Merida, Venezuela (fide Fruhstorfer). 1 2. 67. Pelochyta bicolor, sp. n. 9. Nearest allied to nigrescens, Dogn. Whole insect sooty brown; two dots at base of antenne and the last four abdominal segments above rosy carmine, Length of fore wing 20 mm. Hab. Santo Domingo, Carabaya (dry season), 6000 feet, June 1902 (G4. R. Osean}. Po. 226 Hon. Walter Rothschild on 68. Pelochyta atra, sp. n. &. Pectus orange, with two black central spots; first joint of palpi orange, rest sooty black ; legs, head, and thorax fuliginous, three spots on head and two each on tegule and patagia deep black; antennee fuscous; abdomen above deep fuliginous, extreme tip and under side orange. Fore and hind wings deep sooty brownish black, with violet gloss. ?. Similar, but much larger and paler. Length of fore wing, ¢ 19, 9 27 mm. Hab. Santo Domingo, Carabaya, 6500 feet (wet season), Dec. 1902, and La Oroya, Rio Inambari, S.E. Peru (wet season), 3100 feet, Oct. 1904 (G. Lt. Ockenden). 4 36, 399. 69. Pelochyta brunnescens, sp. n. g. Pectus orange, with two large black patches; palpi orange-grey, with two large black spots on outside; head and thorax sooty brown, with five black spots on head and one on each tegula; abdomen above black, first four segments clothed with Jong brownish hairs ; below orange, a double lateral row and two big ventral spots black. Fore and hind wings sooty brown. ¢. Similar, but much larger; hind wing hyaline buff, outer margin ‘and nervures only. sooty brown. Some males are also paler, with lighter hind wings, and four anal abdo- minal segments banded yellow. Length of fore wing, g 18-27, 2 21-33 mm. Hab. Santo Domingo, Carabaya, 6000 feet, June 1902 (dry season) and Jan. 1902 (wet season) ; Oconeque, Cara- baya (dry season), 7000 feet, July 1904; Limbani, Carabaya (dry season), 9500 feet, April 1904, and La Oroya, Rio Inambari, Peru, 3100 feet (dry season), Sept. 1904 (G@. BR. Ockenden) ; Pozuzo, Huanuco (W. Hoffmanns) ; Paramba, Keuador ; Chiriqui, Panama. 20 33,6 : 70. Elysius castanea, sp. n. g. Pectus brown, orange anteriorly ; legs, palpi, head, and antenne dull chestnut-brown; collar narrowly orange ; thorax brown; abdomen above black, segments narrowly edged with yellow ; a broad lateral band of orange and last segment orange ; underside deep brown. Fore wing deep brown, variegated with irregular paler clouds. Hind wing deep brown, yellowish along abdominal margin. Length of fore wing 22 mm. Hab. Rio Huacamayo, Carabaya ae season), 3100 feet, June 1904 (G. R. Ockenden). 5 3 oS ~~ bo nN ~ new South- American Arctiane. 71. Elystus fuliginosus, sp. n. 3d. Similar to carbonarius, Dogn., but hind wing: still more reduced in size and white instead of sooty grey-brown. also has white hind wings. Length of fore wing, ¢ 25, 2 26 mm. Hah, Huancabamba, Cerro de Paseo (2. Bettger) ; Santo Domingo, Carabaya (wet season), 6500 feet, Dec. 1902 (G. LR. Ockenden) ; Oxapampa, N. Peru; Rio Tanampaya, Bolivia, 1904 (Garlepp). 4 63,2 92 2. 72. Elysius tricyphoides, sp. n. 3d. Resembles a female Tricypha, but has longer and narrower wings. Pectus brown, orange in front; head creamy white; collar orange ; antenne and thorax brown; abdomen blackish brown, sides and last segment orange, Fore wing pale grey-brown; a blackish stigma at apex of cell and a brown, zigzag, transverse line at one-sixth from outer margin running from costa to vein 1. Hind wing brown-grey. ¢. Similar, bat sides of abdomen and last two segments more extended orange. Length of fore wing, ¢ 19, 9 21 mm. Hab. Fonte Boa, Upper Amazon, Sept. 1906 (S. M. Klages); La Oroya, Rio Inambari, Peru (dry season), 3100 feet, Sept. 1904 (G. R. Ockenden). 238¢3,2 992. 73. LElysius pseudotricypha, sp. n. g. This is still more like a Tricypha in appearance, as it has similar short broad wings. Pectus orange, with two black spots; legs and palpi dark brown; head yellow; collar orange; antenne and thorax dark brown; abdomen above black, orange at tip, below orange, with central row of black patches. Fore wing grey-brown; a premedian and a median broad transverse band of darker brown, the latter forked from vein 3 to costa; a premarginal zigzag brown line. Hind wing sooty black. Length of fore wing 18 mm. Hab, Avoewarwa Creek, Maroewym Valley, Surinam, April 1905 (S. M. Klages). 2 32. 74, Syntarctia fasciata, sp. n. 3. Differs from @none, Butl., by having on the fore wing a basal, subbasal, postmedian, submarginal, and marginal 228 On new South-American Arctiane. broad transverse bands of grey-brown, and the discocellular stigma is a large blackish patch. Length of fore wing 14 mm. Hab. Fonte Boa, Upper Amazon, July 1906 (S. 4. Klages). 336. 75. Syntarctia russus, sp. n. 9. Pectus whity brown; head and thorax pale russet- brown, irrorated with darker scales; antenne russet pale brown; abdomen whity brown. Fore wing pale russet- brown, crossed by numerous zigzag fuscous lines and by a zigzag premedian and median fuscous band. Hind wing pale hyaline brownish. d. Smaller. Length of fore wing, ¢ 14, 2 16 mm. 36 d,2 ¢ G. 76. Opharus fasciatus, sp. n. g. Near to Opharus astur, Cram. Pectus whitish; head grey, with black dot between antenne; antenne brown; thorax pale grey, tegule and patagia dotted with black; abdomen above orange, with central and two lateral rows of black spots, basal two segments clothed with yellowish-grey hairs, below buff. Fore wing brown, crossed by four wavy bands of broad white patches; fringe spotted with white. Hind wing hyaline grey, margins darker. Length of fore wing 29 mm. Hab. Valencia, Venezuela. 1 9. 77. Ischnocampa griseola, sp. n. gd. Pectus, legs, antenne, head, thorax, and abdomen grey ; vertex of head and collar orange. Fore wing pale grey, powdered densely with brownish-grey scales; a black discocellular dot, and beyond it a zigzag, transverse, dark grey, narrow band. Hind wing hyaline slate-grey. Length of fore wing 15°5 mm. Hab. Newcastle, Jamaica. 1 ¢@. 78. Neritos abdominalis, sp. n. 3. Legs grey; pectus, palpi, and head orange ; thorax grey ; abdomen above, basal half blackish grey, rest orange, below entirely orange. Fore wing grey, nervures whitish ; | > On the Genus Smithia, Waltzan. 229 a cloudy ill-defined white spot below and beyond disco- cellulars. Hind wing brownish grey. Length of fore wing 13 mm. Hab. Fonte Boa, Upper Amazon, May 1906 (S. M. Klages). 1 @. 79. Neritos steinbachi, sp. n. ?. Pectus and legs grey; antenne fuscous; head and tegule orange; thorax and abdomen grey. Fore wing grey, nervures darker. Hind wing dark grey. Length of fore wing 12 mm. Hab. Buenavista, East Bolivia, 750 metres, Aug. 1906- April 1907 (J. Steinbach). 1 2. XXVITI.—Note on the Genus Smithia, Maltzan. By Enpaar A. Smiru, I.8.0. (Published by permission of the Trustees of the British Museum.) THE genus Smithia was founded by the late Baron H. von Maltzan * for a remarkable marine shell from the Island of Goree belonging to the family Turritellide. Its peculiarity consists in the whorls being uncoiled in corkscrew fashion. Otherwise it agrees in the character both of the shell and operculum with Turritella and Mesalia. Maltzan compared it with Lglisia, but that genus is said to have a pancispiral operculum, whereas in Smithia it is concentric and multispiral. It has been pointed out by the late Dr. E. von Martens T that the generic name Smithia had previously been employed in zoology by Edwards and Haime (1851), Saussure (1855), and Mabille (1879). The Museum having recently acquired a specimen of this curious shell, it has become necessary to invent a new generic name. I would have liked to return the Baron’s compliment, and to propose Maltzania; but that appellation having already been employed in Reptilia by Dr. O. Beettger, I would suggest Callostracum as suitable tor the designation of this most interesting genus. * Nachrichtsblatt deutsch. malak. Gesell. 1883, p. 97, fig. t Zool. Record, 1883, Mollusca, p. 46. Ann. & Mag. N. /list. Ser. 8. Vol. iv. 17 230 Mr. O. Thomas on some XXVIII.— Notes on some South- American Mammals, with Descriptions of new Species. By OLDFIELD THOMAS. (Published by permission of the Trustees of the British Museum.) THE identification of some mammals which have been received from Western Colombia, collected by M. G. Palmer, and from Santa Catherina, collected by W. Ehrhardt, has resulted in the following notes and descriptions. Vampyressa pusilla and its Allies. Wagner’s Phyllostoma pusillum was placed by Peters and Dobson in Chiroderma, then by myself in Vampyrops, in which, on account of its special dental formula, I considered it to represent a peculiar subgenus, Vampyressa, since raised to a genus by Miller. One species only has been hitherto known, a native of South Brazil, and our knowledge of it rests mainly on the account given by Peters * of a specimen in the Leyden Museum which he states to agree absolutely with Wagner’s type, an immature example. In his recently published posthumous ‘ Plates of Chiroptera’ t he gives an admirable figure of the Leyden specimen, which for present purposes we should accept on his authority as typical. The British Museum contains six specimens of Vam- pyressa from the western side of the Andes, and these prove to belong to two species, neither of which can be assigned to V. pusilla. Vampyressa nymphea, sp. n. - Size comparatively large, slightly larger than V. pusilla, considerably larger than V. thyone. General colour smoke- grey, rather lighter below. Facial stripes conspicuous and strongly marked, the upper ones running back to behind the ears. Area round eye blackish. Skull largest of the genus, its shape as figured by Peters in V. pusilla. Teeth quite differently shaped to those of puszlla. P* rounded, triangular in section, without the conspicuous postero-internal concavity shown in Peters’s plate. MM’ barely as broad as long, with a broad rounded-quadrangular * MB. Ak. Berl. 1866, p. 395. + Mus. Zool. Berl. Chiropt. pl. xii. a, figs, 10-15 (1906). South-American Mammals. 231 internal lobe ; very different to the much broader than long, internally pointed tooth figured by Peters. MM? also tending rather towards a quadrangular shape, not so distinctly trian- gular as in pusilla. M, longer than broad, instead of the converse, with one high antero-external cusp and a broad posterior basal ledge. Forearm 36 mm. Skull: greatest length 21; basal length 16°5; zygomatic breadth 12:2; mastoid breadth 10°5; palate length 10; front of upper canine to back of m? 7:5. a Novita, Rio 8. Juan, Chocé, W. Colombia. Alt. 150! Type. Adult male. B.M. no. 9. 7. 17. 40. Original number 135. Collected 28th November, 1908, by M. G. Palmer. This species is so different from V. pusilla in the shape of its teeth as to induce a doubt as to whether it is rightly referred to this genus. Unfortunately the upper incisors, anterior premolars, and posterior lower molars are missing in the only specimen, but, judging from the shape and number of the alveoli, no further material differences besides those above mentioned seem to occur in these missing teeth. In any case, it is not an Artibeus, as shown by the structure of the teeth ; its dental formula is that of Vampyressa. Vampyressa thyone, sp. n. Size comparatively small. Colour above whitish brown anteriorly, uniform pale brown posteriorly, very much as in Mesophylla macconnelli, which we have received from this same region. Under surface paler brown. Facial streaks short and inconspicuous, though present, area round eye pale brown. Skull similar to that of V. pusilla, but smaller. Teeth like those of that animal in shape, except that both the ante- rior premolar and the posterior molar in the upper jaw are wider transversely and shorter antero-posteriorly, the difference in the last-named tooth being especially noticeable, Porearm of type 82 mm, Skull: greatest length 19; basal length 15:3; zygomatic breadth 11; mastoid breadth 9°5; palate length 9°2; front of canine to back of m? 6:1, Hab, (of type). Chimbo, near Guayaquil, Ecuador. Alt. 1000’. Other specimens from Chocé, W. Colombia. Type. Adult male in alcohol. B.M. no, 97. 11. 7. 77. Collected 30th April, 1897, by W. Rosenberg. Presented by Oldfield ‘Thomas. oe 7 232 Mr. O. Thomas on some This species is readily distinguishable from V. pusilla by its smaller size, the forearm of the adult specimen described by Peters having been 35 mm. in length, and its skull, measured on the plate, 20mm. ‘The narrow transverse shape of the last upper molar is also distinctive and quite uniform in the five examples of V. thyone before me. BASSARICYON. Dr. Allen has recently * described a second Central- American species of this genus, apparently being considerably influenced to do so by his taking the Panama specimens figured by Huet} as practically topotypical of B. gabbi, whose original locality was Talamanca, 8.1. Costa Rica. But Huet’s did not come from the north of Panama in the sense of the part of Panama State nearest towards North America, which would be adjacent to Talamanca, but from near the town of Panama, a very different place; for Prof. Trouessart has kindly examined the original registers at my request, and finds that the entry runs :—“ Village de Caimito, province de Chorreo [not Correo, as misprinted by Huet], un peu au nord de Panama.” Allowing for the bad writing of M. Boucard, the collector, Prof. Trouessart thinks “ Chorreo” means “ Chorrera,” a place quite close to Panama City. Dr. Allen assumes that no more specimens of Bassaricyon have been collected than those referred to in literature, forgetting that he had seen additional specimens during his last visit to the British Museum. As a matter of fact, the Museum now contains eight examples belonging to the genus, and these appear to me to belong to three types, as follows :— 1. Skull rounded, with very convex frontal profile. General colour less fulvous, more greyish or brownish. B, gabbi (and possibly B. richardsunt). Hab. Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and N.W. Panama. Ex- amples from Chiriqui in the Museum Collection may be taken as representative, thar Jocality being really very near to Talamanca. : 2. Skull rounded. General colour strongly fulvous. B. medius, sp. n. Hab, Central Panama to Western Colombia. * Bull. Am, Mus. N. H. xxiv. p, 662 (1908). tN. Arch. Mus. (2) v. p. 1, pl. i. (1883). South-American Mammals. 233 3. Skull comparatively flat and low. Colour fulvous. B> alleni. Hab. Venezuela to Peru, the most southern locality being Chanchamayo. The differences in the shape of m° and of the mandibular coronoid process, originally used by myself in describing B. allen, prove to be too variable to be of much service. Bassaricyon medius, sp, 0. General colour fulvous, varying from a dull fulvous quite like that of B. alleni to a more tawny fulvous like that of Huet’s figure. Under surface buff. Face, as usual, greyer, the contrast not sharply defined. Ears more or less grizzled with blackish. ‘Tail long, well haired, with a suppressed indication of brown and fulvous annulation running through- out its length, as is the case in the other members of the genus; some hairs at its extreme tip white. Skull distinctly of the more rounded type observable in the Chiriqui specimens of B. gabbr, but not quite so strongly marked, rather smaller and less powerfully marked than in that animal. Frontal outline convex; brain-case swollen, interorbital space slightly convex, not flattened; muzzle smaller and lighter than in B. gabbt. ‘Teeth in general characters like those of B. gabbi, but the molars rather smaller. Throughout the genus, however, the shape of the teeth proves to be rather variable and of less use as a cha- racter than has been supposed. One example even has a triangular m* on one side and a subquadrangular one on the other. Dimensions of the type (measured in thie flesh) :— Head and body 352 mm.; tail 435; hind foot 72 ; ear 34. Skull: greatest length 81; condylo-basal length 75 ; zygomatic breadth 51; interorbital breadth 16°8 ; breadth of brain-case 35; palatal length 42°5; combined length of upper molars 13:2; front of canine to back of m*® 28:3. Hab, Jimenez, mountains inland of Chocé, W. Colombia. Alt. 2400'. Type. Adult male. B.M. no. 9. 7. 17. 10. Original number 54. Collected 16th April, 1907, by M. G. Palmer, ‘Three specimens, The considerable difference in colour inter se among these three specimens from Jimenez and again between the two that we have from Chiriqui shows that slight differences in coloration cannot be made the basis of specific distinction in this genus. 234 Mr. O. Thomas on some Seturus (Microscturus) palmert, sp. n. Like S, (JZ) mimulus, Thos., in almost every respect, with the one important exception that the ornamenting black of the upper surface, which in mzmulus consists of a line down the back, is here represented by black on the face and muzzle. General colour above blackish brown, profusely ticked with buffy ; no dorsal dark line. Under surface with the throat and chest ochraceous rufous, rather more rufous than the tawny ochraceous of mémulus; belly mixed ochraceous and brownish ; outer side of hips more ochraceous. Centre of face, over a triangular area extending from the tip of the nose to just in front of the ears, deep glossy black in the most typical specimens, though in some individuals it is ticked with buffy and more brownish. Cheeks brownish ochraceous. Hands and feet brown, becoming rich ochraceous on the digits. ‘Tail-hairs mixed black and ochraceous. Skull a little larger than that of mimulus, but otherwise similar, Dimensions of the type (measured in the flesh) :— Head and body 145 mm. ; tail126; hind foot 38; ear 13:5, Skull: greatest length 40°3; basilar length 30; zygo- matic breadth 24; length of upper tooth-series exclusive of Br l.. Hab. Chocé, Western Colombia. Type from Sipi, Rio Sipi, Rio San Juan. Alt. 150! Type. Adult female. B.M. no. 9.7.17. 25. Original number 123. Collected 24th September, 1908, by Mr. M. G. Palmer. Eight specimens. This well-marked species, which I have named in honour of its discoverer, who had already done good collecting work in Nicaragua, is readily recognizable by the blackening of its forehead and muzzle, which seems to take the place of the black dorsal line in its nearest ally the Ecuadorean S. (JZ) mimulus. comys catherine, sp. n. Size largest of the genus. Fur soft and thick; hairs of back about 13 mm. in length. General colour above some shade of fulvous, but the specimen has been discoloured and probably rendered more strongly fulvous by spirit. Under surface soiled whitish, not sharply defined laterally, the hairs slaty for four-fifths their length, their tips dull buffy whitish —in most Gcomys the belly-hairs are white to their roots. Head, arms, and legs grey. Hands brown on the middle of South-American Mammals. 235 the metacarpus, the sides and the fingers white; feet white, a brownish patch on the metatarsus. Tail-hairs wholly brown above and below, scarcely lengthened at tip. Skull with the usual rounded shape found in Gcomys, but the supraorbital ridges are unusually developed and pass back as strongly marked ridges across the parietals; nasals narrow. Anteorbital plate of zygoma more developed than is usual in Gcomys, more as in Uryzomys, projecting about 14 mm. in front of the upper bridge. Palatal foramina short, broad, widely open. Molars strong, quadrangular. Dimensions of the type (measured in spirit) :— Head and body 132 mm. ; tail 166; hind foot 30; ear 20. Skull: greatest length 34; basilar length 26°5 ; zygomatic breadth 17; nasals 11; interorbital breadth 6°2; breadth across parietal ridges 12°7; palatilar length 15; palatal foramina 6 x 3°1; upper molar series 5:2. Hab, Joinville, Santa Catherina, S. Brazil. Type. Adult male. Original number 30. Collected by W. Ehrhardt. This is a most interesting species on two accounts. Geo- graphically it forms a great extension of the known range of the group, no bush-rats, Qcomys or Rhipidromys, being known from South Brazil and no Gcomys nearer than Matto Grosso, unless the peculiar ‘ Rhipidomys” rufescens of Rio Janeiro should prove to be a member of this genus. Then in its structure @. catherine is abnormal in that its zygomatic plate is as developed as in ordinary Oryzomys, thus showing that this character is not so constant as I had supposed it to be. ‘The external characters are distinctly those of the bush-living Gcomys, notably the short broad feet, with proportionally long hallux and fifth toe, and the well-haired unicolor tail. ‘he tail in all true Oryzomys, owing to their living on the ground, is white or whitish underneath, at least proximally, while in all the bush-rats it is wholly dark above and below. The Groups referred to the Genus Oxymycterus. Ever since I described, in 1897*, the aberrant Ozy- mycterus lanosus and Dr. Allen named the still more aberrant O. apicalis ¢ it has been obvious that the genus ought to be divided into three, corresponding respectively to the typical Oxymycteri and to the two species above mentioned. : Considering how different the animals are externally, it is * Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) xx. p. 218. ¢ Bull. Am, Mus, N. H. xiii. p, 224 (1900). + 236 Mr. O. Thomas on some curious how few tangible characters can be drawn from the skulls, while the teeth, as is the usual difficulty in the Akodun-Oxymycterus group of genera, give practically no help at all. The following are the three genera I propose to recognize :— Oxymycterus, Waterhouse. Fore claws elongated, fossorial; nail of pollex narrow, pointed. Miuzzle long, mobile. ‘Tail much shorter than head and body (about two-thirds). Skull with a long muzzle, the nasals produced forwards in old specimens and expanded anteriorly, so as to make a more or less trumpet-shaped opening, their posterior end anterior to the front of the orbit. Zygomatic plate narrow, slanting, its anterior edge sloping all the way down to its junction with the maxilla. Brain-case large, smooth, rounded, con- trasting with the long slender muzzle. Range. Brazilian region, extending westwards into Peru and south to La Plata. Not known north of the Amazon. Type. O. nasutus, Waterhouse. Other species: O. rufus, Desm.*, hispidus, Pict., juliace, All., rostellatus, Wagn., questor, Thos., delator, 'Thos., inca, Thos., &e. Lenoxus, gen. nov. Form normal, rat-like, muzzle not specially elongated. Fore claws of moderate size, not fossorial; nail of pollex not pointed. Tail about the length of the head and body. Skull more normal in shape, and though the muzzle is long, it is broad and heavy proximally and tapers distally ; nasals not expanded anteriorly, but reaching posteriorly behind the front edge of the orbit. Interorbital region swollen, rounded. Zygomatic plate narrow as in all this group, but its anterior edge turns vertically downwards before uniting with the maxilla. Brain-case not large in proportion to the muzzle. Interparietal well developed. * J had been disposed to demur to the common reference of Desmarest’s Mus rufus to Oxymycterus, as this was based solely on the “ Rat roux ” of the French edition of Azara, and there the animal is said to have a somewhat blunt nose, being even compared to the European Water- Vole, But the precise agreement of Azara’s description with examples of Ozy- mycterus trom this region both in proportions and colour now makes me think that the nose ot his specimen, which was preserved in spirit and then half dried up, must have got contracted or distorted, perhaps through ressure against the sides of the bottle. Azara’s “ Hocicudo” of the panish edition is unquestionably an Oxymycterus, and his opinion that the two were the eame species may be accepted ae correct. ne ll \z South-American Mammals. 237 Range. Peru (Inambari River). Type. Lenoxus apicalis (Oxymycterus apicalis, Allen). As I noticed in 1901 *, this striking species has none of the peculiar appearance characteristic of Owymycterus, and there is no doubt it should form a distinct genus. Microxus, gen. nov. _ Form normal, mouse-like, or rather Akodon-like. Muzzle not elongate. Fore feet normal, not fossorial, the claws small and the pollical nail not pointed. ‘Tail shorter than head and body. Skull like that of a small Akodon, except for the charac- teristic narrow zygomatic plate; smooth and rounded, without ridges, the muzzle of normal size and shape ; nasals not ex- panded anteriorly, extending posteriorly to the line of the front of the orbit. Range. South America, from Bogota to Straits of Magellan. Type. Microvus mimus (Oxvymycterus mimus, Thos., 1901). Other species: M. bogotensis (Akodon bogotensis, Thos., 1895), Ai. lanosus (Oxymycterus lanosus, Vhos., 1897), and M. theringt ( Oxymycterus theringi, Vhos., 1896). That the first three of the species assigned to this genus had a special inter-relationship was indicated when J. mimus was described in 1901. Their skulls are remarkably similar to each other. On the other hand, MZ chering? is less typical, showing a distinct tendency towards the peculiar characteristics of Oxymycterus. Good figures of skulls representing all three of the genera of this group now recognized have been published by Dr. Allen in his fine work on the Mammals of Southern Patagonia f. Oxymycterus angularis, sp. n. Allied to O. Aisyidus, but with shorter tail and with a curved, almost angular, front edge to the zygomatic plate. Size and colour about as in U. hispidus, as represented by a stries from Espiritu Santo, The upper surface dull bistre- brown, becoming rather warmer on the posterior back, where the light rings on the hairs, buffy anteriorly, become more ochraceous. Sides: rather lighter, Under surface dark greyish, the tips of the hairs buffy. Ears, hands, and feet * Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) vii. p. 189 (1901). + Tom. cit. p. 184. t Rep. Princeton Exp. iii. pt. i. pls. ix, & x. (1905), 238 Mr. O. ‘Uhomas on some uniform dark brown. Tail shorter than in the Espiritu Santo hispidus, blackish brown throughout. Skull like that of 0. hispidus, with the curious exception that the anterior zygoma-root, which in hispidus has the typical Oxymycterus character of being very narrow, with a slanting and slightly curved—almost straight—front edge, has here a distinctly curved edge, so that its outline is more as in ordinary Cricetines, or at least as in Lenozus *, Dimensions of the type (measured in the flesh) :-— Head and body 160 mm.; tail 100; hind foot 30; ear 21. Skull: length of nasals 14; palatilar length 14; upper tooth-row 5:6. Skull of another specimen : greatest length 36°3; condylo- basal length 383; zygomatic breadth 17; nasals 13°8x4°4; interorbital breadth 7-1; breadth of brain-case 15°3; pala- tilar length 14°4; palatal foramina 8:1; length of upper molar series 5°6. Hab. Siio Lourengo, near Pernambuco. Alt. 30 m. Type. Adult male. B.M. no. 3. 10. 1. 56. Original number 1706. Collected 14th August, 1903, by A. Robert. Presented by Oldfield Thomas. Five specimens. Except for its rather shorter tail, this Ozymycterus does not appear to differ externally from O. Aispidus, but in the characters of its zygoma-root it forms an exception to all the members of the genus, more resembling Lenoxus, to which, however, its general appearance and long fore claws show that it has no real relationship. Oxymycterus judex, sp. n. A large dark rufous species, with large brain-case. Size largest of the 8.-Brazilian species. General colour, in a spirit-specimen, dark coppery rufous, the back blacker, the sides more rufous, the belly dull tawny rufous. Lars, hands, feet, and tail dark brown, without rufous tinge. Claws particularly long and powerful. Hind feet large and heavy, the fifth sole-pad small and inconspicuous, the sixth very large. Skull large and heavy, with large brain-case, this being conspicuously larger in proportion to the muzzle than it is in the Parana UO. questor. ‘Thus the brain-case, measured from antero-external to postero-external corner, is 15°7 mm. in length, while it is only 14°5 in O. questor, whose muzzle is * Not so strongly curved as in the Lenoxus apicalis figured by Allen, but quite as in a rather younger example in the British Museum collection. South-American Mammals. 239 of nearly equal length. Muzzle heavy, the nasals raised and broadened anteriorly. Zygomatic plates of normal Oxymycterus shape. Dimensionsof the type (measured on the spirit- specimen) :— Head and body 152 mm.; tail 129; hind foot 34:5; ear 22:5. Skull: greatest length 42; basilar length 31:5; zygo- matic breadth 17°6; nasals 16°2x 4:5; interorbital breadth 68; breadth of brain-case 16°4; palatilar length 15°5 ; diastema 10°1; palatal foramina 8°8; upper molar series 5°8. Hab. Joinville, Santa Catherina. Type. Adult male. Original number 21. Collected by W. Khrhardt. Five specimens examined. This species appears to be most nearly allied to O. questor, but is distinguished by its larger size and much larger brain-case, Loncheres medius, sp. n. A species intermediate between L. thomasi and L. dasythriz. Size markedly less than in L. thomas’, Ihering, greater than in L. dasythriz, Hensel. Fur thickly spinous, the spines about an inch long on the back, rather less than a millimetre broad. General colour above cinnamon-brown, below dull pinkish buff, the bases of the hairs slaty ; tran- sition on the sides of the belly quite gradual; a slight but variable amount of white in the gular and inguinal regions, Spines slaty, tipped with black. Ears and the tufts round them black. Hands and feet whitish brown. ‘Tail long, its basal two inches coloured and furred like the body, the remainder well-haired, uniformly dark brown. Skull very similar in structure to that of L. thomas?, but conspicuously smaller. Larger than in L. dasythriz. Dimensions of the type (measured in the flesh) :— Head and body 230 mm.; tail 240; hind foot 40; ear 17. Skull: greatest length 53°5; basilar length 42°2; zygo- matic breadth 25; nasals 16°5; interorbital breadth 11:2 ; palatilar length 22; diastema 11°6; length of upper molar series 13, : Tab. (of type). Roga Nova, Serro do Mar, Parana, S. Brazil. Alt. 1000 m. Another specimen from Joinville, Santa Catherina, Type. Adult female. B.M. no. 3. 7. 1. 84. Original number 864, Collected 18th September, 1901, by A. Robert. Presented by Oldfield ‘Thomas. In the British Museum there are examples of three species of Loncheres from 8. Brazil, distinguished from each other 240 Mr. O. Thomas on some mainly by size. The largest, Z. thomas?, Ihering, from the island of Sfio Sebastii., Sao Paulo, was originally described as a Mesomys, because the type had no tail, but was later on erroneously referred by its founder to L. nigréspina. It 1s, however, much larger and differently coloured. The smallest, ZL. dasythriz, Hensel, is represented by one of the original typical skulls from Rio Grande do Sul, and two dealers’ specimens from the island of Santa Catherina. The present intermediate species occurs in Parana and the main- land of Santa Catherina. From all these three Wagner’s L. niyrispina would appear to be distinguished by its sharply defined light underside, with the fur light to the base, which is mentioned both in the original description and in my notes on the type in Vienna. In size it only equals, or but little exceeds, the smallest of the above-mentioned species, L, dasythrix. The type was collected at Ypanema, Sao Paulo. Echimys laticeps, sp. n. In 1902 the British Museum received from Mr. W. Foster topotypical examples from Paraguay of the rare Lehimys sptnosus, Desm.*, and on their arrival I naturally compared them with a specimen bearing the same specific name which had been collected at Lagoa Santa, Minas Geraes, by Rein- hardt, determined by Winge f, and acquired by exchange from the Copenhagen Museum. ‘The two animals were obviously entirely distinct, but as in his great work on the Mammals of Lagoa Santa, Dr. Winge had reterred to a “ Loncheres laticeps, Lund,” which he stated to be the same as JZ. spinosus, | let the matter rest, considering laticeps available tor the Lagoa Santa species. But now, on again referring to the genus, I find that Lund appears $ never to have described his ‘ Loncheres laticeps,” which therefore was, and still is, a nomen nudum, although it has many times been referred to in synonymies, In my search for a description 1 have been materially assisted by * El espinoso, Azara. The names spinosus, Desm., rufa, Licht., and brachyurus, Wagn., were all originally based on Azara’s Paraguayan animal, whatever they were afterwards transferred to by other writers. + As“ Mesomys” spinosus. I follow Dr. Allen’s admirable paper clearing up the much embroiled nomenclature of the genera of this group | (Bull. Am. Mus. N. H. xii. p. 257, 1899). ‘The real Mesomys was identified by me in a later paper (Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) xv. p. 590, 1905). ¢ Dr. Winge has been good enough to confirm my belief in the absence of any description. = gues South-American Mammals. 241 Dr. Knud Andersen, to whom the Danish literature on the subject is familiar. But in case a description should turn up, and in any event to keep these synonymies approximately correct, | have thought it advisable to use the specific name /aticeps for the Lagoa Santa animal, although it is, of course, given under my own responsibility and authorship. It is also not unsuitable, as, owing to the large bulla with projecting meatus, the posterior part of the skull is decidedly broader than in 2. spinosus. The two species may be readily distinguished as follows :— A. General colour drab-brown, quite without rufous. Belly white, fairly sharply defined lateraily. Hands and feet brown, with lighter digits; feet longer in Fag es to size of skull; claws less developed. Tail shorter, brown above, slightly lighter below. Bulle of normal size; muzzle broad and heavy ; palatal foramina short, broadly oval ; posterior sone notch extending to middle of m?. ncisors very large and heavy. Hab. Paraguay and South Brazil (Santa CER anne ar MeO E. spinosus, Desm. B. General colour coarsely grizzled rufous and black, blacker on the back, becoming strongly rufous onrump. Under surface dull whitish or buffy, not defined laterally. Hands dull whitish, their claws long and powerful; feet proportionally shorter, mixed brown and white. Tail longer, brown with a slightly rufous tone. Bulle abnormally large; muzzle comparatively light; palatal foramina narrow, elongate; posterior a notch only extending to opposite the front of m*; incisors compara- tively weak. Hab, Lagoa Santa, Minas Geraes ...... E.. laticeps, Thos. The following are the dimensions of the specimen selected as tle type, some measurements of Z. spinosus being placed in brackets :— Head and body (on skin, probably shrunk) 200 mm.; tail 72; hind foot 29; longest fore claw (above) 7°5, (Z. sptnosus, measured in flesh: head and body 221; tail 67; hind foot 35; ear 21; longest fore claw 5:5). - Skull: greatest length 49 (50) ; basilar length 39°5 (40:2); zygomatic breadth 28 (29); interorbital breadth 11°7 (11-8) ; greatest posterior breadth, on meatus 25 (23); palatilar length 19 (18:2); palatal foramina 5°7 x 2°7 (4:5x3°5) ; bulle 16x10°5 (exclusive of meatus) (13x82); upper molar series 9°2 (9°2). Hab. Lagoa Santa, on the Rio Sfo Francisco, Minas Geraes. 242 Dr. D. oF Elliot on the Type. Adult female, B.M. no. 88.1.9.11. Number 595 of the Copenhagen Museum. Collected 13th June, 1851, by Prof. Reinhardt. Received in exchange from the Copenhagen Museum. Members of this interesting genus are excessively rare in museums, and, so far as I am aware, no other examples of the true H. spinosus have been recorded. Besides the fype of HH. laticeps, the British Museum con- tains three specimens of E. spinosus from Paraguay, and three more have recently come, collected by Herr W. Ehrhardt at Joinville, Santa Catherina. XXIX.—Remarks on the Species of the Genus Rheinardtius. By D. G. Exuiot, D.Sc., F.R.S.E., &c. Arevs oceriatvs was founded upon a presumable tail-feather of some unknown bird contained in the collection of the Paris Museum. The name was a MS. one, bestowed by the late Jules Verreaux, but never published by him, and the first description given of the feather was one by myself in the Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1871, vin. p. 119. For many years this feather remained in the bird-gallery of the Paris Museum as sole representative of some unknown but evidently extraordinary species, and when, early in 1880, a complete example of a long-tailed pheasant-like bird was brought from Annam, resembling as regards its tail-feathers the one so long in the Museum, the name ocel/atus was conferred upon it and a new generic term Rheinardtius created for it, and under that name the species has been known up to the present time. One naturalist, however, evidently did not believe in the identity of the specimen called at present Rhetnardtius ocel- latus with the feather so long in the Museum, for in the ‘ Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France’? Mons. Main- gonnat named the Annam examples Argus rheinardti. While very familiar with the long feather in the Paris Museum, of which a plate containing a full-size figure is given in my ‘ Monograph of the ‘ Phasianide,? I had not until lately had an opportunity of examining the Annam bird and comparing it with the feather called Argus ocellatus ; but this, through the kindness of M. Trouessart, I have now been able to do, for the single feather, while no longer Species of the Genus Rheinardtius. 243 exhibited in the gallery of the Paris Museum, is still care- fully preserved. My material for making this comparison was ample, for, in addition to two very fine mounted speci- mens, there were a dozen or more loose feathers brought by the collector. I was at once impressed by the difference between these feathers, for while the long tail-feathers of the birds from Annam measure 5} inches in width, that of the R.? ocellatus only measures 4, the length being about the same. The latter feather does not have the pale grey on both sides of the shaft, so conspicuous on the feathers of the Annam species, this part being much darker, more of a leaden hue, while the small spots are pale clay-colour, not white ; these are correctly represented on the plate in the Monograph, although in the description in the ‘Annals’ they were erroneously stated to be white, an error caused from writing the description in London without having the feather before me. On account of the feather being so much narrower, the two rows of large dark red spots with black centres occupy a much larger space on the feather, nearly half of the entire width of each web, and the red on the inner web is often in irregular lines and blotches ; this is also very correctly shown in Mr. Wolf’s drawing in the Monograph. In fact, this is in every way a very faithful representation of the original, except in two particulars: the shaft is too large, it being really about the size of those in the feathers of the Annam birds, and also too red, at least as it is now in the original, which is a pale red (it may have faded), avery different colour indeed from the shaft of the other species. The general appearance of the R. ? ocel- latus feather is a kind of pale greyish-brown, spotted on both webs withsmall paleclay-coloured dots, surrounded with black, and with large red spots with black centres covering nearly half the width of both webs from the shaft; the rest of the web to the margin is brownish-red, frequently displayed in irregular lines and blotches. It will thus be seen that, while in some respects there is a similarity in the markings of these feathers when compared, yet in their general appear- ance they are very different, and, in my opinion, represent two very distinct species. Of these one, from an unknown locality, will remain, if it is correct to include it in the same genus, as MRheinardtius ocellatus, while the other, from Annam, must be known by the unfortunate tautological name of Rheinardtius rheinardtius. 244 Dr. D. G. Elliot on apparently new XXX.—Descriptions of apparently new Species and Subspecies of Monkeys of the Genera Callicebus, Lagothrix, Papio, Pithecus, Cercopithecus, Erythrocebus, and Presbytis. By D. G. Exxiot, D.Sc., F.R.S.E., &c. Tne various species and subspecies described in this paper are all, with one exception, contained in the magnificent collection of Primates in the British Museum. Some of these new forms I saw in my previous investigations of the collection, but did not describe them at the time, preferring to wait until additional material, if it existed, could be examined in continental museums. With his usual kindness and generous method of acting towards a colleague, my friend Mr. Oldfield Thomas repeated the desire he expressed on a former occasion that I should describe any example I considered to be unknown ; and it is in fulfilment of this wish that I appear as the author of this paper. The collection of Primates in the British Museum, under the wise management of Mr. Thomas, as Head of the Depart- ment of Mammals, has increased materially during the past two years, and in numerous genera in the number of species and examples is probably the richest in the world, and so offers the most favourable opportunities for critical investigation. The types, with one exception, the numbers of which are given in this paper, will be found in the collection, for future examination. I desire, in conclusion, to express my thanks to Mr. Thomas for his kindness and assistance afforded me in my by no means easy task. Family Cebide. Genus CaLLicesvs. Callicebus penulatus, sp. n. Type locality. Andoas, on the Pastasa River, Ecuador. Gen. char. Fur very long, thick, and fluffy; mantle uniform colour, distinct from back; arms from elbows, hands, feet, and legs above knees uniform colour. Colour. Forehead grizzled ochraceous, the hairs black, with ochraceous tips, this being the dominant colour; crown and occiput rich cinnamon-rufous, this colour produced by the tips of the hairs; mantle uniform tawny ochraceous, extending behind shoulders; middle of back dark hair-brown, Species and Subspecies of Monkeys. 245 grading into tawny ochraceous on the rump; flanks dark grizzled brownish grey; hairs on ears, cheeks, arms from elbows, hands, legs from above knees, feet, inner side of limbs, chin, throat, and under parts of body rich dark burnt sienna; tail very long, grizzled white and black, the orange- buff of the basal portion of the hairs showing through, darkest at base, and the tip buff; the rest of the tail is tawny ochraceous like the rump. Measurements. Total length 850 mm.; tail 520 (skin). Skull: occipito-nasal length 29°1 ; zygomatic width 406; palatal length 29°1 ; length of nasals 9°3; length of upper molar series 14°2; length of mandible 41°3; length of lower molar series 15°8. Type. Adult, in British Museum, no. 80. 5. 6. 14. This species differs in many ways from all the others in the genus. It is the only one of the cuprea style with a uniformly coloured mantle, and one so long and thick as to resemble a mane. The red on arms and legs extends much higher than in any other species, A single specimen was procured by Mr. Buckley at Andoas. Genus Lacorureix. Lagothriz thomasi, sp. uv. Type locality. Callanga, Cuzco, Peru. Altitude 1500 m. Colour. Head in front of ears seal-brown ; upper parts of body, flanks, and arms to elbow grizzled grey and ochra- ceous, the hairs being ochraceous at base and ringed with black and white, and tipped with white; dorsal line blackish ; hairs on back of neck ochraceous, with a single broad sub- terminal black band and white tip, causing this part to be darker than tlie rest of the upper parts, excepting the dorsal line ; forearms and legs grizzled black and tawny, the hairs being tawny, with subterminal black bar and white tip; hands and feet black, the hairs with tawny tips; inner side of arms and legs and ceutral portion of chest and abdomen black ; tail above and basal portion beneath grizzled grey and ochraceous like back, remainder beneath black. Measurements. Size quite equal to that of L. lagotricha, Skull: occipito-nasal length 98 mm.; hensel 88°43; zygo- matic width 79°4; intertemporal width 59-4; palatal length 39°6 ; length of nasals 10°7; length of upper molar series 24; length of mandible 78; length of lower molar series 38°53. Type. Adult, iu British Museum, no. 98. 11. 6. 2. Ann. & Mag. N. Hist. Der. 8. Vol. iv. 1s 246 Dr. D. G. Elliot on apparently new This is a larger monkey than the next species, L. ubericola, and fully equal in size to L. lagotricha. The type is an old individual with the teeth greatly worn and blackened. It is much darker than L. ubericola, and the base of the hairs ochraceous instead of buff. There are none of the blue and silver-grey hues so characteristic of Z. lagotricha, and the red of Z. canus,is absent altogether. It gives me great pleasure to name this fine species after my friend Oldfield Thomas, Esq., Curator of Mammals in the British Museum, who presented the type to the Institution. Lagothriz ubericola, sp. n. Type locality. Barrigudo River Jurua, Upper Amazon. Geoyr. distr. Upper Amazon, Rio Solimoens, and Rio Jurua to Peru. Gen. char. Colour pale; hair soft, rather short, buff at base. : Colour. Top of head to nape, inner side of hands, and feet black ; upper parts of body and arms to elbows grizzled wood-brown, with a reddish tinge on rump and thighs, the hairs being buff at base, with a subterminal black ring and whitish tips ; outer side of forearms iron-grey ; top of leg to knee iron-grey, when the colour becomes blackish brown, the hairs with yellow tips on the fingers and toes, which are black ; flanks and sides of abdomen yellowish brown; chest and middle of abdomen black ; hairs of tail above like upper side of legs, tawny ochraceous with black and white rings and white tips, beneath rufous brown at base, rest black. Measurements. About the size of L. lagotricha, but more slender. Skull: total length 116°65; occipito-nasal length 103; zygomatic width 65°7; intertemporal width 595; palatal length 30; breadth of brain-case 61:5; length of nasals 10°6; length of upper molar series 25:2; length of mandible 69; length of lower molar series 29. Type. Adult, in British Museum, no, 3 9. 1. 3. The type is full-grown, but not an old animal, and differs greatly from L. lagotricha ; and as the young of that species resembles the adult, this one cannot be considered as repre- senting the same species. The locality of the type is south of the range of L. lagotricha. It is a much more slender animal, and its very bright colour, a grizzled wood-brown, makes it conspicuously different from all the other members of the genus. Species and Subspecies of Monkeys. 247 Family Cercopithecida. Subfamily Cercoprruccry®. Genus Papio, Papio tessellatum, sp. n. Type locality. Mulema, Ankole, Uganda, East Africa, Colour. Hairs throughout on head, neck, and body seal- brown, with a broad subterminal darkish cream-colour band and black tip. This gives a chequered appearance to the coat, as on the surface the cream-colour and black only appear. Arms mostly dark cream-colour, the black tips of the hairs forming distinct lines on the upper and lower side; wrists and hands black, a small tawny patch on the back of the latter; legs dark cream-colour mixed with black, the latter showing chiefly on the lower inner side; feet black ; tail cream-colour, the hairs being seal-brown on basal half, remainder cream-colour to tip; upper part of throat and sides of the head greyish white; face black. Measurements. Total length 1400 mm.; tail to end of hair 500; foot 210. Skull: occipito-nasal length 170; hensel 158; zygomatic width 131°1; intertemporal width 60°9; palatal length 94; length of nasals 80; width of brain-case 85°6 ; length of upper molar series 58°3; length of upper canines 4371; length of mandible 150; length of lower molar series 66. Type. Adult male, in British Museum, no. 5, 4. 3. 1. The type and a young animal from Rogoro which I con- sider to be of the same species are in the collection of the British Museum. The type is a very large animal, and its rather unusual distribution of colours serves to make it quite conspicuous when placed with other species of the genus. The type was obtained by Col. G. Delmé Radcliffe, and the Rogoro example by C. 8. Betton, Esq. The facial region of the skull equals in length that of the brain-case ; the ros- trum is broad and the nasals are rounded and raised above the plane of the nose; lateral pits large and deep poste- riorly ; a small process on the frontal ridge over each orbit near posterior end of nasals, curving downward and inward, and pointed; teeth large; upper canines very long and sharply pointed. Papio nigeria, sp. n. Type locality. Ibi, Northern Nigeria, West Africa. Gen. char. General colour mottled black and cream; size 18* 248 Dr. D. G. Elliot on apparently new large; skull compared with that of P. heuglin from the Sudan has the ridges on sides of rostrum less elevated ; rostrum much narrower, being 39°2 to 46:2 mm.; septum between orbits much narrower, 13 to 15°3 mm. ; lateral pit not so deep; palate narrower; teeth much smaller and the length of molar series shorter by nearly half the length of posterior molar of P. heuglini. Colour. General colour of top of head, upper parts, and sides to ramp mixed black and cream-colour, the latter most prominent, the hairs being purplish brown, with two bands of cream-colour and black tip. The purple under colour shows through the cream and black, producing a grey shade ; hairs on rump and lower back have bands of ochraceous, giving this part a reddish hue ; face and chin naked, black ; throat greyish ; chest similar to back ; abdomen like rump, bands ochraceous ; arms like back to below elbows, when the black predominates to the wrists and hands, which are almost entirely black; legs redder, bemg tawny on thighs and growing lighter to the ankles, which are buff- yellow ; feet black ; tail cream-colour and olive mixed, the former colour predominating. Callosities large, colour lost in the skin. Measurements. Size equal to P. porcarius or P. doguera. Skull: occipito-nasal length 161 mm.; hensel 153; zygo- matic width 133 ; intertemporal width 60 9.; palatal length 97°5 ; width of brain-case 86°4; length of nasals 81:1; length of upper molar series 53°9; length of mandible 168; length of lower molar series 71:1. Type. Adult, in British Museum, no. 7. 7. 8. 12. This is a very large dark baboon, the pelage exhibiting a mixture of cream-colour and black, with purple under colour showing, and grading into the tawny hue of lower back and legs. The skull shows the most trenchant characters and is markedly different from its probably nearest ally in its shorter tooth-row and smaller teeth. ‘Two specimeus are in the collection. Papio brockmani, sp. n. Type locality. Dirre Dawa, Somaliland, East Africa. Altitude 3500 feet. Gen. char. Colour very different from P. abyssinicus ; in- clined to reddish, no grey on mane. Skull, compared with one of P. abyssinicus obtained by Riippell, has a shorter facial region ; rounded zygomatic arches, not squared as in the other ; straight tooth-rows and smaller teeth ; outer edge of lacrymal from orbital ridge to root of zygoma straight, Species and Subspecies of Monkeys. 249 not flaring outward at bottom as in the skull of the allied species ; rostrum broader posteriorly; palate of equal width throughout its length; orbital ridge straight, not depressed in centre ; septum narrower; orbits more circular. Colour.— Adult male. Face flesh-colour; callosities red ; forehead covered with black hairs banded with white, this colour rising in the shape of a pyramid and coming to a point on the crown of the head; hairs on cheeks and sides of head long, stiff, very dense, rising upwards in enormous tufts above the head, yellowish white at base, grading into buffy at tips; hind-neck and mantle pale reddish brown, with a band of white, succeeded by a subterminal one of black, and tip silvery white; towards the lower back the colour darkens into cinnamon annulated with bands, and with tips of a paler cinnamon; upper part of rump ochra- ceous buff, paler than the mantle; lower rump and base of tail silvery white; hairs on sides of lower jaw long, dense, yellowish white ; throat more sparsely covered with hairs of same colour; chest dark grey, hairs banded with black and white and tipped with white ; abdomen ochraceous ; arms and hands like forehead, grizzled, hairs banded with black and white, and grizzled reddish, hairs banded with reddish brown and white ; tail grizzled russet and white, tuft russet. Measurements. Total length 1322 mm.; tail 572; foot 188; ear 59 (collector). Skull: total length 180°4; occipito-nasal length 147-9 ; hensel 125°7 ; intertemporal width 56°6; width of brain-case 80; length of rostrum 91:2, width of rostrum posteriorly 46°6; zygomatic width 119-7 ; palatal length 76°8 ; length of nasals 52°1 ; length of upper molar series 44°6; size of last upper molar, crown, 10 x 8°5 ; length of mandible 136°] ; length of lower molar series 57 ; size of last molar, crown, 13°5 x 85. Type. Adult male, in British Museum, presented by Dr. D. Drake-Brockman. No. 9. 6.1. 1. The type is a very fine specimen of an adult male. As shown by the description, it differs in many ways from the Abyssinian Hamadryas, and also from the Arabian, as the latter seem to be nearer the Abyssinian species than to the present one. The pale reddish mantle and parti-coloured rump of ochraceous buff and silvery white causes it to be very conspicuously different when placed among other examples of Hamadryas baboons. The type was procured by Dr. D. Drake-Brockman, after whom I have great < Sol in naming if. 250 Dr. D. G. Elliot on apparently new Genus PITHECUS. This genus Pithecus was established by I, Geoffroy St. Hilaire and Cuvier in 1795 in the ‘Magasin Encyclo- pédique.’ In this paper seven genera were named, Pithecus being the fourth, as follows :—‘ Genre IV° Macaque. Pi- thecus. Museau assez court, angle facial de 50°; téte aplatie; une créte sus-ciliere; 5 dents molaires; queue allongé, non prenante ; des abayoues, le plus souvent des callosités, Les guenons de Buffon & museau court et nez déprimé ; quelques uns de ses babouins ; S. veter, silenus, faunus, cynomolgos, sinica, &e.” This volume, being rather rare, has been consulted by comparatively few naturalists of the present time, and it has been contended by some that the paper was never really published, in spite of the fact that when cited the page number was given. Fortunately some copies of this volume of the ‘ Magazine’ are to be found, and in London, known to me, is one in the British Museum, and another in the Natural History Museum, South Kensington. It is fortunate that Pithecus can thus be authenticated, and the barbarous term Macaca, which had in some instances been employed, be relegated to the list of synonyms. Pithecus littoralis, sp. u. Type locality. Kuatun, Province of Fokein, China. Gen. char. General hue tawny olive and black; tail short, bushy ; fur loose, long, soft. Colour. Top of head and hind-neck mummy-brown speckled with ochraceous buff; upper parts tawny olive and black, grading into uniform russet on the rump; arms to elbows tawny olive, paler than the back; lower arms and hands olive-brown, speckled with yellow ; outer surface of thighs russet ; legs and feet buff, with an olive tinge ; sides of head tawny olive ; long brown and black stiff hairs over eyes on the brow, inclining upward and outward on each side; entire under parts and inner side of limbs yellowish grey; tail above at base dark russet, darker than rump, remainder brownish black; beneath buff-yellow; face flesh-colour, covered sparsely with blackish-brown hairs. Measurements. Total length 810 mm. ; tail (imperfect) 200; from another specimen with complete tail (no. 7. 8. 8. 5) to end of hairs 280. Skull: total length 118°6; occipito- nasal length 102°7; hensel 79°3; zygomatic width 83°7 ; intertemporal width 46 ; width of brain-case 64°2 ; length of nasals 19°8; palatal length 45°5; length of upper molar Species and Subspecies of Monkeys, 251 series 33°2; length of mandible 85:4; length of lower molar series 37. Type. Adult female, in British Museum, no. 0. 5. 8. 1. There are three examples of this species in the British Museum, all females, but agreeing in the texture and colour of fur, two from Kuatun, and the third from the menagerie of the Zoological Society in Regent’s Park, erroneously attributed to Cashmere. Both the Kuatun examples have lost a portion of their tails, but the third specimen has a tail of normallength. In general colouring this species resembles P. tcheliensis, Milne-Edwards,= P. lasiotis, Gray ; but the great distance intervening between the habitats, nearly the entire width of China, does not permit the supposition that they can belong to the same species. I can only regard it as the coast representative of the Szechuen species P. lasiotis, of which P. ¢cheliensis is the female. The male of this new form when obtained will probably be darker in colour. Pithecus brachyurus, sp. n. Type locality. Island of Hainan. Gen. char. Tail not half the length of body and head ; similar in colour to P. rhesus, but smaller, with a shorter tail and very different cranial characters. Colour. Top of head, nape, hind-neck, and upper parts of body to rump speckled black and russet ; rump dark orange- rufous ; arms and hands speckled blackish and buff, hairs grey on basal half, this colour giving a dominant tone ; flanks and legs ochraceous, unspeckled ; long stiff black hairs on superciliary line; sides of head yellowish grey, some black hairs on cheeks forming a short line beneath eyes ; face flesh-colour, becoming blackish on lips, which are sparsely covered with short white hairs ; chin, throat, and under parts of body to anal region yellowish white; hairs about scrotum and anal region orange-rufous, like rump ; inner side of legs yellowish ; feet brownish grey ; tail above speckled blackish brown and ochraceous, beneath paler, Measurements. Total length 730 mm. ; tail 220; foot 135, Skull: total length 116°1; occipito-nasal length 100; inter- temporal width 46°3; breadth of brain-case 60 6; hensel 78:3; zygomatic width 81°8; length of nasals 25; palatal length 42°3; length of upper canines 21; length of upper molar series 29°8 ; length of mandible 82°2 ; length of lower molar series 36°6. Type. Adult male, in American Museum of Natural History, New York, no, 27.577. 252 Dr. D. G. Elliot on apparently new This Macaque, while having a general resemblance to P. rhesus of India, differs in various ways from that species. The tail is much shorter and the colouring on the rump and about the scrotum much brighter. The cranial characters differ widely. The orbital ridge is rounded, not depressed and flattened, and consequently there should be an absence of the scowling look so often seen in adults of P. rhesus. Another character that instantly attracts the eye is the greater width and lateral swellings of the rostrum of the Indian species, the Hainan animal having a rather long rostrum for its width, with the sides descending rather abruptly from the nasals. The orbits of P. brachyurus are eircular, those of the allied species oblong ; the brain-case of the Hainan Macacque is somewhat more bulging posteriorly and the palate is deeper and narrower ; the bulle are shorter and wider, while the tooth-rows of upper jaw are nearly straight aud the teeth much smaller; the mastoid width much less, aud the mandible having proportionately greater depth and less expansion at coronoid processes. This com- parison is made between two skulls of males of about the same age. Several specimens of this Macaque were received by the American Museum in a collection from the Island of Hainan. On examining the specimens in New York I was satisfied that they represented a species distinct from P. rhesus, but not having any examples of that animal for comparison, I preferred to wait until the two species could be brought together. Dr. Allen selected three which the Museum forwarded to me in London, and after comparing these with skins and skulls of P. rhesus in the British Museum, the distinctness of the Hainan Macaque was demonstrated. Pithecus validus, sp. n. Type locality. Cochin China, exact locality unknown. Gen. char. Body stout, heavy; limbs short ; tail not quite so long as the body. Skull with facial region almost as long as the brain-case; rostrum longer than wide; palate long and narrow; tooth-rows . straight; sagittal crest present ; second upper molar largest; last lower molar with prominent posterior cusp; mandible heavy, comparatively massive for its length; canines stout. Colour. Middle of crown, nape, line over eyes, and line on sides of head black speckled with buff; rest of crown and entire upper parts Prout’s brown washed with olive, grading to raw umber on sides and arms, and all speckled with buff ; Species and Subspecies of Monkeys, 253 outer side of thighs olive speckled with buff ; rump and legs below knees greyish olive speckled with buff; sides of head and neck olive-grey ; under parts of body and inner sides of limbs greyish white; feet olive-brown speckled with buff ; tail above black on basal half, grading into blackish brown on the rest, beneath pale yellowish olive; face flesh-colour. Measurements. Total length 1030°3 mm.; tail 465; foot 125 (skin). Skull: total length 125°3; occipito-nasal length 103°6; hensel 849; zygomatic width 82°35; facial length 78°9; width of brain-case 57; greatest width of rostrum 38; length of nasals 35°5; palatal length 50°7; length of upper molar series 30-2; length of mandible 93:2; length of lower molar series 36°9; depth of jaw beneath second molar 23°38. Type in British Museum, uo. 81. 6. 30. 2. The unique type of this very unusually coloured Macaque is stated to have come from Cochin China, no particular locality in that country being specified. In its peculiar brown and olive-yellow speckled fur it more nearly resembles the long-tailed species P. irus of the Malay Peninsula, Burma, &e., but is a much more powerful animal, has not any reddish brown on the head, and a much shorter tail; in fact, it does not resemble closely any described species of Macaque at present known to me. Pithecus alacer, sp. n. Type locality. Bliah, northern point of Kundur Island. Gen. char. General colour much paler than the examples from Singapore and Bintang Islands, approaching nearer to those from Karimon Island, but paler; skull and teeth more like the dark Macaque from Singapore Island. Fur long, soft; tail as long as body. ‘looth-rows straight. Eyelids flesh-colour, Colour. General colour hazel on dorsal region, grading to raw umber or tawuy olive on sides, the hairs on back being grey at base, then blackish brown, and then banded with black and tawny ochraceous, while the hairs on flanks are grey, banded with ochraceous buff; the hairs on head and nape are black at base, then orange-ochraceous, and tipped with black; narrow line above eyes grizzled grey ; numerous stiff black hairs behind the g:ey line, the longest hairs standing out from the head on each side ; face and cheeks covered with very short grey hairs; sides of head yellowish white, hairs long and directed forward and upward ; upper side of arms and hands cream-buff, the hairs being purplish, 254 Dr. D. G. Elliot on apparently new with cream-buff tips; upper side of thighs like back; rest of legs yellowish grey; feet olive-brown; under parts of body and inner side of limbs yellowish white; tail above black, speckled with white for three-fourths the length, and then grading into hair-brown, tuft at tip bistre, beneath pale reddish brown ; eyelids and patch over eyes flesh-colour. Measurements. Total length 794 mm. ; tail 361 ; foot 125; ear 383 (collector). Skull: total length 110°6; occipito- nasal length 92:7 ; hensel 72°7; intertemporal width 41:1; zygomatic width 72:8; greatest width of brain-case 58 ; palatal length 73:5 ; length of nasals 24°8; length of upper molar series 26°1 ; length of mandible 79; length of lower molar series 33. Type in British Museum, no. 9. 4. 1. 36. This Macaque exhibits an entirely differently coloured pelage from the Singapore species, and one much nearer to the Kuruman and Sumatran forms, while the skull in its characters is closer to the Singapore animal. In colour it is reddish brown, duller in hue than the Macaques from either of the islands above named. ‘The affinities of these monkeys from the various islands of this archipelago are rather diffi- cult to understand, and why their colouring should be similar in Kundur and the islands to the south as far as Sumatra, and the cranial characters should so nearly agree with the Singapore species, separated as it is by intervening islands inhabited by an allied but different form, is difficult to explain. It would be practically useless to theorise upon this condition of things, although in ornithology a similar state of affairs exists among some genera of birds in the Eastern Archipelago, such as Pitta; but in the case of the Macaques these animals are probably in process of change influenced by their insular habitats, though these islands are but short distances apart, and it is rather difficult to appre- ciate how great these influences may be. At present we only know that material differences do exist, and of such importance as to compel us to regard the individuals from the various islands as possessing characters so unreconcilable with each other as to prevent us from believing them all to belong to one and the same species. Pithecus karimoni, sp. n. Type locality. Monos, eastern coast of the island of Karimon. Gen. char. Similar in colour to P. fascicularis of Sumatra, and its skull nearer to that species than it is to those of Species and Subspecies of Monkeys. 255 the Macaques from Kundur or Singapore, its neighbours. Facial portion of skull shorter than brain-case ; teeth large ; tooth-rows curved very slightly ; second and third molars much longer than first in both jaws ; orbital ridge broad and long; rostrum short and broad; brain-case broad and rounded. Pelage moderately long, smooth; tail about equal in length to body; forehead above eyes to hair flesh- colour, Colour.— Male. General hue tawny ochraceous, reddish on head and neck, dorsal region darkest and becoming more yellow on the sides, the hairs on back being purplish grey at base, then banded with tawny ochraceous and black, and the hairs on flanks yellowish grey banded with white; outer side of arms grizzled grey, hairs being grey banded with black and cream-buif; hands and fingers black, covered with yellowish-white hairs; outer side of thighs like back, legs bluish grey ; under part of body and inner side of limbs greyish white ; tail grizzled black and white above, brownish grey beneath ; feet brownish grey. Young females are lighter in colour, some being a pale reddish hue. Measurements. Total length 206 mm. ; tail 432; foot 152; ear 35 (collector). Skull: total length 111°6; occipito- nasal length 92°5; hensel 75°2; zygomatic width 769; intertemporal width 38°7 ; width of brain-case 54°7 ; greatest width of rostrum 388°4; length of rostrum 40; palatal length 41:7; length of nasals 17°5 ; length of upper tooth- row 27°7; length of mandible 79°7; length of lower tooth- row 35°6. Type in British Museum, no. 9. 4. 1. 34. This Macaque, while resembling its relative in colour of pelage from Kundur next to it on the south, agrees in its crania} characters with those of P.fascicularis from Sumatra, a rather inexplicable fact in both cases of this species and the one from Kundur skipping the island nearest to it, and agreeing more nearly in the cranial characters with the species farthest from it on the north and south, Pithecus letus, sp. n. Type locality. Island of Tingi, South China Sea, off south-east coast of Malay Peninsula. Gen. char. Colour similar to, but paler than, that of P. karimoni and its allies; tail longer than head and body. Skull with facial length nearly equal to that of brain-case ; teeth moderately large, canines very long ; bony crest for 256 Dr. D. G. Elliot on apparently new nearly the entire length of brain-case ; tooth-rows slightly curved; last lower molar nearly one-third longer than second molar, and with six well-developed cusps. Colour. Forehead flesh-colour. General hue wood-brown, with a reddish tinge, brightest on head, where the hairs are purplish on basal half, then banded with ochraceous, the bands lighter in hue on lower back and rump, where they become cream-buff; space above eyes flesh-colour (yellowish in skin), stiff black hairs on edge of forehead ; nose and lips covered witlr very short iron-grey hairs; sides of crown and head whitish grey ; hairs turning upwards in front of ears; outer side of arms and hands greyish cream-colour; legs whitish grey ; feet brown, covered with whitish-grey hairs ; chin broccoli-brown ; rest of under parts and inner side of limbs yellowish white; tail above black on basal half, remainder bluish grey, beneath pale drab-grey. Measurements. Total length 975 mm. ; tail 550; foot 129 (collector). Skull: total length 114°7 ; occipito-nasal length 98°8; hensel 76:3; zygomatic width 80°3 ; inter- temporal width 41:4; width of brain-case 57°7; length of rostrum 41°6; width of rostrum, beneath orbit 32:1, at jaw 39°1; palatal length 42°9; length of nasals 18°1; length of upper molar series 30; length of canines 25°2 ; length of mandible 87:4; length of lower molar series 68°7. Type. Adult, in British Museum, no. 9. 4. 1. 21. This is a much paler Macaque than any of the other island forms described, with pale yellowish-grey arms and whitish-grey legs. The general colour of the top of head and nape at a little distance is ochraceous, contrasting rather strongly with the reddish wood-brown of the back. The skull is rather large and heavy, more like that of P. fascicularis of Sumatra than of any of the Macaques described from the other islands. Two specimens from Tioman Island, north of Tingi, are much darker in colour, but as they present no cranial difference from Tingi skulls, I have not separated them, though the colouring of the fur is quite different. Pithecus dollmant, sp. n. Type locality. Changi Island, off south-eastern part of Singapore Island. Gen. char. Resembling in colour the next species, P. bin- tangensis, but much larger and with different cranial cha- racters. Skull longer and heavier; width across orbital ridge greater; intertemporal width greater ; brain-case Species and Subspecies of Monkeys. 257 longer and broader ; zygomatic arch less rounded anteriorly ; rostrum wider than long; incisor teeth much larger ; tooth- rows curved, not straight ; basioccipital much wider ; lower molars smaller; ascending ramus of mandible wider; upper and lower tooth-rows much lounger. Colour. Patch above eyes flesh-colour. General hue burnt umber, as in P. bintangensis, and hairs banded in the same way with tawny ochraceous; top of head redder than in the species compared, the arms more thickly speckled with yellow and the legs much paler, a smoke-grey instead of iron-grey ; tail black above, silvery grey beneath ; rest of pelage like P. bintangensis. Measurements. Total length 977 mm.; tail 573 ; foot 135; ear 34 (collector). Skull: total length 110°8; occipito- nasal length 942; hensel 78°35; zygomatic width 73°2; intertemporal width 42°1; greatest width of brain-case 57°1 ; length of orbital ridge 53-9; greatest width of rostrum 35 ; length of rostrum 35°9; length of nasals 24; palatal length 39 ; length of upper tooth-row 29°1; length of mandible 79°2 ; length of lower tooth-row 37°4. Type in British Museum, no. 9. 4. 1. 20. With the exception of a redder head and hind-neck and paler legs, the present species and the one from Bintang Island resemble each other in colour ; but P. dollmani is a larger and finer animal and has very different cranial characters, as shown above. It gives me much pleasure to name this handsome Macaque after Mr. G. Dollman, Assistant in the Mammal- ogical Department of the British Museum, who has been of the greatest aid to me in my investigation of the Primates in the collection of the Institution. Pithecus bintangensis, sp. nu. Type locality. Sungei Biru, north-east part of island of Bintang. Geogr. distr. Islands of Bintang and Batam. Gen. char. General hue dark burnt umber ; facial region three-fourths the length of the brain-case; septum very narrow ; outer edge of zygomatic arch straight, sloping slightly inward posteriorly to root of zygoma; greatest width of rostrum equal to its length; tooth-rows straight ; teeth of moderate size; width of palate about equal through- out its length; brain-case balloon-shape, much constricted at intertemporal region, bulging posteriorly. Colour.— Male. Patch above eyes flesh-colour; general 4 258 Dr. D. G. Elliot on apparently new hue above burnt umber on head and upper parts, the hairs being slate-grey and banded on apical half with tawny ochra- ceous and black; narrow line over eyes blackish grey; numerous long stiff black hairs standing erect over fore- head, producing an indistinct black line on each side; nose covered with short grizzled black and white hairs ; sides of face buffy, sides of head from below ears and on cheeks with long greyish hairs banded with white and pro- jected forward, forming bushy whiskers ; outer sides of arms and thighs iron-grey, hairs banded with cream-buff; legs below knees iron-grey; under parts and inner side of limbs greyish white; hands and feet iron-grey, speckled with cream-buff like limbs; tail above black, sparsely speckled with white, beneath silver-grey. Female. Upper parts russet, speckled with cream-buff ; arms and hands blackish, speckled with cream-buff; thighs like back, legs olive-grey ; feet and toes black, covered with grey hairs ; tail like that of the male. Measurements. Total length 964 mm.; tail508; foot 117°5; ear 29 (collector), Skull: total length 105°5; occipito- nasal length 85°5; hensel 735; zygomatic width 725; intertemporal width 37°1 ; width of brain-case 549 ; length of orbital ridge 45:4; greatest width of rostrum 38°5 ; length of rostrum 38°5 ; length of nasals 24°4; palatal length 446 ; length of upper tooth-row 26°7 ; length of mandible 80°8 ; length of lower tooth-row 35. Type in British Museum, no. 9. 4. 1. 23. There is a great difference in the colouring of the sexes of this species, the female being much lighter and redder, and this difference is exhibited in very young males, which are as dark as the adult males. This species appears also to be a resident of Batam Island. Unfortunately only females were procured there, but they closely resemble the females from Bintang Island. Of course, adult males, when ob- tained, may possess different cranial characters, and possibly also coloration, for it seems to be the fact, so far as our material enables a judgment to be formed, that the various islands possess distinct forms ; but at present the examples are not sufficient for a decision to be arrived at, and we must regard the examples from the two islands as the same. Genus CERCOPITHECUS. Cercopithecus insolitus, sp. n. Type locality. Northern Nigeria. Gen. char. Reddish brow-band ; upper parts black speckled. Species and Subspecies of Monkeys. 259 Colour. Hairs on forehead ochraceous rufous and black over nose, where it is deepest in colour, paler towards sides ; superciliary stripe beneath the red line black, but rather indistinct at sides; head black, speckled on crown with ochraceous, slightly paler than the frontal band; hairs over temples black, rather long, directed backward and passing over the ears; hair on cheek directed backward under and behind ears, black speckled with yellow; occipital region with but very few yellow speckles ; entire upper parts of body greyish black, minutely spotted with cream-buff ; flanks greyish black, faintly speckled with white ; arms and hands black, unspeckled ; legs black, speckled with cream-buff on upper part of thighs, and with white lower down to ankles ; feet black; chin, throat, chest, anal region, inner side of arms to elbows, and thighs to knees whitish yellow ; abdo- men grey, with a yellow tinge ; tail above at base like back, grading into black speckled with white, and then into jet- black on apical fourth; beneath yellow, speckled at base, then profusely speckled with white, causing the midway section to appear quite grey; tip black. Measurements. Total length 1060 mm.; tail 680; foot 115. Skull: brain-case broken ; only the rostrum, zygo- matic arches, and mandible remaining. Width of orbits at inner edge 43°4; length of nasals 143; zygomatic width 55:4; palatal length 24-6; length of mandible 24:3. Type in British Museum, no. 62. 7. 17. 3. The type is a young animal, but quite different in appear- ance to any of the known species, so different, in faet, that it is difficult to assign its proper place in the genus, for, like C. Phoesti, it does not seem to have any near allies. The unique type was obtained in Northern Nigeria by the expedition under Dr. Baikie. Cercopithecus tantalus griseistictus, subsp. n. Type locality. Bambara, Welle River, Monbuttu Country, Central Africa. Gen. char. Similar to C. t. budgetti on upper parts, but hands and feet grizzled grey, with fingers and toes silvery ey. acer: Face and chin black, paler around eyes; nose, fore part of cheeks, lips, and chin covered with short black hairs ; broad white brow-band of stiff erect hairs, with a narrow line in front between eyes of stiff black hairs ; some long stiff black hairs from corner of eyes directed backward and lying between whiskers and hair of head ; top of head, 260 Dr. D. G. Elliot on apparently new the hairs are black from root and tipped with ochraceous, this being the dominant colour on head; back of neck and upper parts of body grey, speckled with yellow and black ; dorsal line, lower back, and rump darker, speckled with black and buff; shoulders like upper back ; outer side of arms and hands, legs, and feet grey, speckled with black and white; the arms near shoulders and thighs near hips speckled with yellow and black; whiskers very long, ex- tending beyond and hiding the ears, yellowish white, some of the upper hairs banded with black on apical portion ; sides of neck, throat, and entire under parts of body and inner side of limbs greyish white ; scrotum surrounded by rufous hairs; flanks paler than upper parts, hairs speckled with yellow and black; tail above speckled yellow and black for half the length, rest broccoli-brown; no tuft. Iris brown. Measurements. Total length 1290 mm.; tail 720; foot 135 (skin). Skull: total length 113-2; occipito-nasal length 95°5; intertemporal width 44°7 ; hensel 40°5 ; zygo- matic width 77:5 ; breadth of brain-case 56:4; length of nasals, 21°2; palatal length 40°3; length of upper molar series 27°8 ; length of canines 21°3; length of mandible 82:1; length of lower molar series 346. Type in British Museum, no. 7. 7. 8. 2. This race resembles C. ¢. budgetti in the colouring of the upper parts, but differs in having the grey hands and feet of C. tantalus. From the latter species it differs in cranial characters. When two old male skulls are compared, that of the present race is seen to be much longer in every way : wider orbits and brain-case, but narrower rostrum ; inter- temporal width greater; nasals much longer; zygomatic width greater ; palate longer; tooth-rows of both jaws longer by the width of the first premolar ; and bulle much longer and more elevated. In fact, the cranial characters are so different it is not worth while to compare them. The upper parts, as in C. ¢. budgetti, are much darker than in C. tantalus. Cercopithecus rubellus, sp. n. Type locality. Fort Hall. Gen. char. General hue reddish, no white on under parts. Colour. Brow buffy white, black on lower edge; face brownish black; hairs on upper lip to below eyes, and chin, black ; top and back of head speckled black and ochraceous, latter colour most prominent ; entire rest of upper parts of body tawny, with rather indistinct black speckling, tawny Species and Subspecies of Monkeys. 261 being the prevailing hue; flanks paler, a rather bright ochraceous of uniform shade; no annulations; outer side of arms above elbows mixed grey and cream-buff ; forearms pale grey, with black annulations on hairs; outer side of legs grey, with tawny hairs intermingled near hips, and black annulations on hairs; side of head, whiskers (which are directed backwards, covering ears), throat, inner side of arms, and legs pinkish buff; abdomen and anal region cream- buff; tail above tawny and black, like back, growing darker and merging into black on apical portion, beneath rufous patch at root, then ochraceous grading into tawny at tip ; hands and feet black. Measurements. Total length 1260 mm. ; tail 740; foot 150 (skin). Skull: total length 92:2; occipito-nasal length 81:8 ; intertemporal width 44°7 ; hensel 65; zygomatic width 67°6; breadth of brain-case 53°8; length of nasals 16°4; palatal length 30°9 ; length of upper molar series 22°6; length of upper canines 16; length of mandible 68°2 ; length of lower molar series 30. Type in British Museum, no. 6. 2. 1. 1. The general appearance of this species is that of a reddish monkey, quite different in colouring from its paler relatives of the C. centralis style. It is nearer to the animal from Portuguese East Africa, which has been accepted as repre- senting C. rufoviridis, but differs from that species in its pinkish-buff whiskers, throat, and general colour of the under parts and in its jet-black hands and feet. A number of specimens from Fort Hall are in the British Museum. Unfortunately there are no skulls of the C. e. johnstoni specimens, so | can make no comparison between it and the present species. Cercopithecus pogonias pallidus, subsp. n. Type locality. Gaboon, West Africa. Gen. char. Similar to C. greyi, but paler beneath, no uniform black on rump, hairs speckled like back to root of tail. Colour —Female. Forehead like that of C. greyi; upper parts of head, hind-neck, and between shoulders redder, speckled buff-yellow and black, the buff-yellow being the dominant colour and giving the tone to all this part ; upper parts of body to tail much redder, speckled ochraceous rufous and black, becoming darker towards root of tail, where the speckling is less; flanks grey, speckled on apical half of hairs with yellow and black ; outer sides of arms and Ann, & Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 8. Vol, iv. 19 262 Dr. D. G. Elliot on apparently new hands black, speckled with cream-colour ; legs pale grey, speckled with white ; feet, posterior half speckled grey and white, anterior half and toes black ; whiskers yellowish grey, annulated at tips with black and yellow ; tail above black, beneath yellowish with black mixed and grading into black towards the tip ; ear-tufts buff. Measurements. Total length 1295 mm.; tail 705 ; foot 115 (skin). Skull: total length 90; occipito nasal length 78:3; intertemporal width 37-6; hensel 54°8; zygomatic width 56°2; width of brain-case 511; length of nasals 16°5 ; palatal length 31; length of upper molar series 23; length of mandible 56°3 ; length of lower molar series 26°7. Type in British Museum, no. 86. 6. 7. 2. The specimens from the Gaboon are much paler than those from the Benito River, even when examples of the same sex arecompared. The head, upper part of back, legs, and under parts of body are much paler in their several colours, and the dorsal region is paler and brighter, appearing more red, and there is an absence of clear black at root of tail, the speckling of the back continuing to the tail. There exist several points of difference in the character of the erania, which if sustained by a number of individuals would be sufficient to give to this form specific rank. On com- paring the skull of the type with that of a female from the Benito River, the great difference in the superior outline is at once observed. In the Gaboon skull there is an abrupt rise of the frontal from the posterior base of the orbital ridge, with a gradual curve to the fronto-parietal suture, and the line then descends rapidly to the interparietal suture, and then drops at a rore than a 45° angle to the occiput. The skull of the Benito River female has a flat frontal, on a line with the orbital ridge and descends much more rapidly from the fronto-parietal suture to the occiput ; the auterior portion of the nasals in the type is nearly at a right angle to the posterior portion, the projecting forward occurring about midway the length, causing the narial opening to be horizontal save for its anterior third; the rostrum of the Gaboon specimen is narrower, the palate narrower and deeper, the molar series longer by the width of a tooth; zygomatic arches of a different shape, those of the Benito River examples are straight for nearly their whole length, while those of the type curve inward rapidly ante- riorly. Even comparing the skull of a male from the Benito River with that of the type of CU. p. pallidus the much higher elevation of the frontal bone in the latter is remarkable, and the more prominent anterior portion of the nasals is conspicuous. Speetes and Subspecies of Monkeys. 203 Cercopithecus sticticeps, sp. u. Type locality. N’dongo-leti, on the Upper Ubangui River, Central Africa. Gen. char. No solid black on top of head or hind-neck, all speckled. Colour. Band of rather stiff hairs standing upright over the eyes, black banded with white; top and sides of head, back and sides of neck, upper parts of body and flanks speckled buff and black; chin and throat greyish white ; under parts smoke-grey, apical half of hairs banded with black and white; tail at base speckled buff and black like back, then for rest of basal half above speckled black and white, beneath at base black, faintly speckled with white, rest of basal half paler, more of a brownish hue; apical half above and beneath jet-black ; large white spot on nose. Measurements. Total length 1345 mm. ; tail 830 ; foot 125, No skull. Type in the British Museum, no. 7. 7. 8. 5. A single specimen obtained by the Alexander-Gosling Expedition ; it differs markedly from C. nictitans in having no solid black hairs on the head or neck, and in having them speckled with buff and black instead of white and black, and, in certain lights, in having a greenish tinge on the dorsal region. The sex of the specimen is not known. Cercopithecus silaceus, sp. n. Type locality. South bank of the Loangwa River, Angoni- land, British Kast Africa. Geogr. distr. Loangwa River to Angola, West Africa, Gen. char. General hue yellowish green speckled with black, and yellow on the fianks with distinct black speckling. Colour. Greyish white brow-band mixed with black on hairs over nose and at each end ; hairs on forehead standing upright, speckled with black and tawny, the latter being the prevailing colour; dorsal region from nape to tail speckled black and buff-yellow, the black being equally prominent with the lighter colour, especially on dorsal line from be- tween shoulders and on lower back and rump, making these parts darker; back beneath shoulders on either side of the dorsal line, and flanks, buff-yellow, annulated and tipped with brownish black, the lighter colour, however, predomi- nating to the extent of giving all these parts a yellowish appearance; shoulders darker than flanks, but not so dark as 19* 264 Dr. D. G. Elliot on apparently new dorsal line, the hairs speckled ochraeeous and black; outer side of arms and legs grey, speckled on arms above elbows and on thighs with cream-colour and black, and on fore- arms and legs below knees with black and white; wrists and hands black, speckled with white ; feet grey and black speckled, toes brownish black with some white hairs inter- mingled ; whiskers long, directed backwards hiding the ears, cream-colour annulated with black; face, lips, and chin covered with short brownish-black hairs; sides of neck, throat, inner side of limbs, and entire under parts white ; tail above for three-fourths the length speckled cream-colour and black, rest jet-black, underside with a rufous patch at root, rest whitish grey, becoming buff on apical part, the extreme tip only being black. Measurements. Total length 1190 mm.; tail 730; foot 125. Skull: total length 1032 ; occipito-nasal length 87 ; intertemporal width 429; hensel 72; zygomatic width ; 72:9; width of brain-case 57°75; length of nasals 1671; palatal Jength 38°3; length of upper molar series 25; length of upper canines 15°5; length of mandibles 74°7 ; length of lower molar series 30°8. Type in British Museum, no. 7.1.11. 1. There are three specimens of this species in the British Museum—one from the east bank of the Loangwa River, collected by Mr. 8. A. Neave at an altitude of 2000 feet, and one from Limondi on the boundary between the English and Portuguese territories; and one from north Basilimdo Chiyaka District, Angola, West Africa, collected by Dr. F. C. Wellman. They closely resemble each other, and give the impression of a yellow monkey speckled on head, middie of back, and rump with black, but the annulations rather indistinct on flanks. By having the red patch beneath the tail at the root, the species evinces a relationship to C. pygerythrus, but it bears no resemblance whatever to that animal in its general] coloration, and, in fact, is far too much of a yellowish hue to be compared with any other species of the genus. It doubtless is a dweller in the forests on the watershed from the Loangwa westward to Angola. It is a large ——- animal, with rather short limbs and long tail. Genus ErytHROcEBUS. Erythrocebus formosus, sp: 0. Type locality. Uganda, particular locality not given, East Africa, Y @ +aPe oere” jas ao yor * we oF Species and Subspecies of Monkeys. 265 Gen. char. Similar to E. pyrrhonotus, but with a much darker rump and tail; more black on shoulders, and under parts of body buff-pink with a yellow line down centre instead of white. Colour. Head, face, and checks like 2. pyrrhonotus, with white patch on end of nose; the black brow-line is not dis- tinct between the eye and ears, and turns up over the crown from the outer corner of the eyes as in the allied form; top of head foxy red; head above ears, nape and hind-neck, and shoulders ochraceous buff, hairs yellow-tipped ; lower back to rump and flanks pinkish, hairs tipped with yellow, this colour giving a yellow hue to allthe upper parts; rump vinaceous rufous, grading into bay at tail and hips; sides of neck and chest lemon-yellow, some hairs tipped with black ; outer side of arms lemon-yellow; inner side of arms and the hands white; under parts of body buff-pink, with a yellow line down centre of belly; chin, throat, and centre of chest white, this hue narrowing to a point on lower part of chest as it is encroached upon by the lemon-yellow colour from each side; outer side of thighsin front to knees like rump, on sides pale yellow, below knees the legs and feet are white ; inner side of thighs and legs greyish white ; tail bay, slightly paler at tip. Measurements. Total length 1410 mm. ; tail 740; foot 145 (skin). No skull. Type in British Museum, no. 9. 2. 21.2. This is a large species resembling E. pyrrhonotus on upper parts, except on rump, which, with the tail, is much darker, in fact quite a different colour; the thighs also are not like those of its relative, and the sides of neck and arms are lemon-yellow, quite different from the grey chest and yellowish-white arms of the allied species ; the under parts of the body are altogether different, a colour difficult to describe, but which I have called “ buff- pink.” The only species of Erythrocebus dwelling near E. formosus is E. baumstarki from Masai Land, but as that animal has no black on brow or head it cannot even be comparable with the present species. Erythrocebus albigenus, sp. 0. Type locality. Egyptian Soudan, exact locality not known. Gen. char. Black brow-band extending from corner of eye to crown, not to ear; thighs mostly white ; hairs on hind- neck and shoulders very long, mane-like. “= a798 266 Dr. D. G. Elliot on apparently new Colour.— Adult male. Face and nose black ; narrow line on edge of upper lip white; black brow-band mixed with white over eyes, turning upwards at corner of eyes and encircling the crown; uo black line from eyes to ears; crown foxy-red, rest of head and hind-neck tawny ochraceous, hairs with a subterminal yellow band and black tips ; dorsal region dark ochraceous rufous, becoming a bright bay on flanks and rump; hairs tipped with golden, only occasionally one with a black tip; shoulders covered with long black hairs annulated with cream-colour; sides of face white ; whiskers and sides of neck white tinged with yellow ; inuer and outer sides of arms white; upper part of thighs near hips bright bay like rump, rest of thighs and legs on inner and outer sides white; feet yellowish white ; chin, throat and chest white; middle of abdomen pale yellow ; tail above bay, beneath yellowish white. Measurements. Total length 1070; tail imperfect 430; foot 140 (flat skin). Skull: total length 135 ; occipito- nasal length 114; intertemporal width 47°3; hensel 94°7 ; zygomatic width 80; breadth of brain-case 59°3; length of nasals 25:2; palatal length 47-7; length of upper canines 34-7 ; length of upper molar series 29°7 ; length of mandible 81°8; length of lower molar series 36°6, Type in British Museum, no, 8.6. 15.1. This species is distinguishable from EF. poliopheus by having white forearms, no black line from eye to ear, and the unspeckled deeper colour of the upper parts of the body and rump. The skull is much longer and narrower, the second molar larger, the last molar and second premolar smaller than the corresponding teeth in EL. poliopheus. Genus PReEsBytTIs. Presbytis nudifrons, sp. n. Type locality. Bejalong, Sarawak, North-east Borneo. Gen. char. Bare spot on forehead similar to that of P. frontata, but divided in the middle by a line of short black hairs running through forehead to end of nose, these hairs growing towards each other from each side and forming a low ridge where they meet ; crest equally long throughout its length from forehead to nape, the hairs turned forwards ; no brown colouring on any part of the pelage. Skull without the high forehead of P. frontata, the frontal being only slightly raised, and the superior outline posteriorly descending rapidly to the occiput. + aad Speetes and Subspecies of Monkeys. 267 Colour. Face flesh-colour, forchead orange-yellow ; eyelids black ; line of short black hairs across forehead and down nose; hairs on upper lip and cheeks black, those from the latter very long and extending to the neck; hairs from corner of the eyes and those from forehead black, very long and directed backward on sides of the head joining on temples ; hairs on centre of head to nape very long, erect, directed forward forming a crest, sepia in front, grading to slate-grey on hind-neck; entire upper parts and sides of body slaty grey; outer side of arms to below elbows like upper parts; forearms, hands, legs, and feet black ; throat white ; under parts of body brownish grey; inner side of arms to below elbows, and inner side of legs to near ankles, greyish white, darkest on legs below knees ; tail above and beneath black at base, remainder silvery grey tinged with brown. Measurements. Total length 1170 mm.; tail 645; foot 160 (skin). Skull: total length 98°5; occipito-nasal length 87°7 ; intertemporal width 48°1; hensel 38°9 ; zygo- matic width 71°8; width of brain-case 55°5; length of nasals 12; palatal length 26:7; length of upper molar series 25; length of upper canines 16; length of mandible 15:9; length of lower molar series 29. Type. Adult male, in British Museum, no. 4. 2. 9.1. This species is found on the opposite side of Borneo from that in which P. frontata dwells. It has a squarish, not triangular bare place on the forehead, but divided in this species by a line of short hairs. In colour the two forms are entirely different ; none of the adults or young in the British Museum of P. frontata exhibit the colouring of the present species, Presbytis melamera, sp. 0. Type locality. Cadu Ciaung, Bhamo, North Burma, Gen. char. Resembles P. obscura, but legs uniformly sooty or blackish brown; hair long, thick, soft; head without crest. Colour. Long hairs on forehead directed upward and forward, and with hairs on cheeks framing the face, black ; hair on back of neck long, extending on to the back, drab- grey, but not forming a conspicuous patch as in P. obscura ; dark hairs on head aud back mingling with the light ones ; top of head, sides of body and rump, shoulders and outer side of arms and legs to wrists and ankles, blackish brown; dorsal region more reddish brown and paler than the flanks ; 268 Dr. D. G. Elliot on apparently new whiskers long, blackish brown, hairs with pale tips; chin white ; under parts, inner side of arms and thighs sparsely covered with whitish hairs ; inner side of legs below knees similar to upper parts but paler ; tail blackish brown at base grading into greyish brown, and with a white patch at base of tail beneath ; face brownish, with space around eyes apparently red ; cheeks and sides of upper lip covered with black hairs; upper lip in the centre beneath nose covered with short white hairs. Measurements. Total length 1210 mm.; tail 750; foot 150 (skin). Skull: total length 91°5; occipito-nasal length 80°3; intertemporal width 43°5; breadth of brain- case 56°8 ; hensel 60; palatal length 27-1; length of nasals 10°8 ; length of upper molar series 26:1; length of mandible 644; length of lower molar series 32°38. Type in the British Museum, no. 88. 12. 1. 64. This monkey, which resembles somewhat P. obscura, is easily distinguished from it by having the thighs coloured like the upper parts of the body, by the absence of a con- spicuously defined nuchal patch, and by the dark tail. The hair is much less silky in texture, and more suitable for the less temperate climate of the more northern region in which it dwells. The unique type was procured by L. Fea, and presented to the British Museum by the Marquis Doria. Presbytis nubigena, sp. n. Type locality. Keka, Malacca. Gen .char . Eyelids, lips, and chin fiesh-colour, face brownish black. General colour very dark above, top of head black ; under parts light ; hair radiating from a central point on the crown; short occipital crest. Colour. Long black hairs on forehead directed outward ; top of head black, hairs greyish and white at base; neck and entire upper part of body, outer side of arms, Prout’s brown, wrists aud hands black ; outer side of thighs greyish white ; from hips to below knees on middle of thighs ruus a brownish- black line, much mixed with brownish-grey hairs near hips, feet blackish; hairs irom eyes across temples seal-brown ; whiskers beneath these hairs yellowish grey; sides of neck, chin, throat, inner sides of arms and Jegs, under parts of body and fianks greyish white; tail Prout’s brown on basal half, grading into blackish brown for the remainder. Measurements. '‘lotal length 1190 mm.; tail 700; foot 180. Skuil: total length 90; occipito-nasal length 74:2 ; intertemporal width 40°83; breadth of brain-case 54 ; —_—™ °°» Species and Subspecies of Menkeys. 269 hensel 62°2 ; zygomatic width 67°6; length of nasals 11°5 ; palatal length 30 ; length of upper molor series 27-9; length of mandible 68:4; length of lower molar series 31°9. Type in British Museum, no, 79. 11. 21.595. Several specimens of this species from the southern part of Malacca are in the British Museum, resembling each other in colour, much darker than examples from the Straits Settlements and lower part of the Peninsula, and more like P. obscura, but without the nuchal patch and not so dark in colour. ‘These examples had gone heretofore under the name of albocinereus, Desmarest; but that supposed species was stated to be on the upper parts, including “ épaules, flanes, face externe du haut des bras et des cuisses, d’un GRIS CLAIRE ; milieu du dos d’un gris un peu plus foncé,” which in nowise describes any Sumatran Presbytis I have ever seen, and comes nearer to P. ayyula from Java than any other. Eydoux and Souleyet in their work on the voyage of the * Bonite’ describe and figure a monkey under the name of albocinereus, Desmarest, but which agrees in no respect with the description that author gives of his species, and is evi- dently the Semnopithecus obscurus Reid described in 1837, four years previously. These authors state that Desmarest’s specimen was still in the Paris Museum, but as they do not say it was the original of the figure in their plate, they must have had it drawn from another specimen, not the type. Now, rather in contradiction of Messrs. Eydoux and Souleyet, comes forward Isidore Geoffroy Saint Hilaire, who, in his Catalogue of the Primates, 1851, p. 12, under Semnopithecus obscurus makes the following statement regarding the S. albocinereus of Eydoux and Souleyet: “ Décrits et figurés dans la relation du voyage de la Bonite sous le nom de Semn, albocinereus les Auteurs ayant cru retrouver dans cette espéce le Cercop. allo-c nereus de M. Desmarest, espéce établis sans doute par suite d’une confusion de notes, et qui est a retrancher.’ ‘The italics are mine. No mention, of course, is made, after the above statement, of any specimen which had served as Desmarest’s type being in the Museum, as he did of otbers throughout his catalogue that were still in the collection, and if it had been preserved he would certainly have known it, and we must therefore presume that Messrs. Eydoux and Souleyet erred when they stated that the type of albocinereus was in the Museum, ‘The matter then resolves itself into this, that Demarest’s description of albocinereus does not apply to any known species of monkey in Sumatra, nor can it, with any certainty, be given to auy monkey from any other locality, and is therefore, in the absence of any 270 Dr. D. G. Elliot on apparently new type, indeterminable, and the name albocinereus, if not dropped from our list, must remain in abeyance until some Sumatran monkey is found answering to the description given by Desmarest. Scklegel in the ‘Museum des Pays- Bas,’ Singes, p. 12, made an attempt to revive the name, but unfortunately mixed different species from Malacca and Sumatra in his comparisons, and failed to produce an animal resembling albocinercus, Desmarest. Failing, therefore, to acquire the right to bear the name given by Desmarest, certain Malaccan forms heretofore passing under the name of albocinereus will have to be christened anew, of which the first is the dark monkey from Southern Malacca, and another, the next species, from the southern end of the Peninsula, which leads on to the island forms called respectively P. rhionis aud P. cana. Presbytis dilecta, sp. un. Type locality. Selangore. Gen. char. Hairs radiating from a point on the forehead ; general hue of body pale; thighs white with dark stripe from near hip over knee to ankle; tail moderately long. Colour. Brown superciliary stripe turning backward over temples at corner of eyes; face black ; eyelids apparently flesh-colour ; crown greyish brown, hairs whitish at base ; occiput, hind-neck, upper parts of body, shoulders, outer side of arms to elbows and flanks, drab; outer side of fore- arms greyish brown, grading into black on wrists ; an indis- tinct purplish-grey stripe on flanks above the greyish white ; thighs white tinged with grey and with a brown stripe from near hip over knee to near ankle, darkest at knee, where it is blackish brown, gradually fading away toward hip and ankle ; ankles and feet black ; chin, sides of neck, throat, inner side of limbs, and under parts of body greyish white ; tail above like back, grading into dark brown with whitish hairs inter- mingled on apical half, beneath greyish white at root, remainder like upperside. Measurements. ‘Votal length 1120 mm.; tail 620; foot © 150 (skin). Skull: total length 89°5; occipito-nasal length 77°7; intertemporal width 43°5; hensel 58°7; zygo- matic width 70°38; breadth of brain-case 50°3; length of nasals 69; palatal length 25°2; length of upper molar series 2]°2 ; length of mandible 542; Jength of lower molar series 27. Type in British Museum, no. 89. 5. 14.1. This is a pale species of a drab colour with very white thighs both on outer and inner sides. It differs from Species and Subspecies of Monkeys. 271 P. rhionis in its pale legs and general colour of the upper parts, and from /’. cana by lacking the pale occipital crest and black legs. Presbytis margarita, sp. n. Type locality. Lang Bian, Annam. Colour. Forehead covered by long, stiff, erect black hairs ; whiskers disected backwards, long, extending far beyond the ears, greyish white ; space around eyes pale, apparently flesh- colour in life; rest of face black, with a line of whitish hairs on upper lip; a bar of silvery white hairs goes on each side of the head from above and behind ears to the occiput, where they meet and form a point at the nape; top of head, entire upper parts of body, outer sides of arms to elbows, and legs from hips to ankles, except from edge about kuees which is black, bright bluish silvery grey, the hairs being bluish grey from the root and tipped with silvery white ; forearms, hands, and feet jet-black ; chin, throat, under parts of body and inner side of arms and legs sparsely covered with white hairs; flanks paler silvery grey than the upper parts; tail silvery grey. Measurements. Total length 1315 mm.; tail 775; foot 127 (skin). Skull: total length 91°6 ; occipito-nasal length 77 ; intertemporal width 40°1 ; width of brain-case 52:4; hensel 56; zygomatic width 61°5; length of nasals 11°6; palatal length 28°6 ; length of upper molars series 27°7; length of mandible 61°4; length of lower molar series 32°3. Type in British Museum, no. 8. 11.1.5. This is a very handsome monkey with its brilliant pearl- grey shining pelage, quite different from any other species of the genus. The colouring varies greatly according to the light, which sometimes casts shadows on the grey that are almost black in their intensity. The unique type was obtained in Annam by Dr. Vassal. Presbytis crepuscula, sp. n. Type locality. Mooleyit, British Burma. Altitude 5000 feet. Gen. char. Hair on head long, but no elevated crest ; colour pale; tail long; stiff hairs above eyes, erect in the centre, standing out at right angles on sides. Colour. Eyelids and upper lip flesh-colour ; forehead and temples black; rest of head above, nape and hind neck, shoulders and arms to elbows on outer side, entire upper 272 ~ Dr. D. G. Elliot on apparently new parts of body and flanks drab-grey, palest on dorsal line and darkest on flanks, where in certain lights the hair becomes a drab without the grey tint, varying, however, as the light falls upon it; forearms, in the type, a very old male, on outer side dark greyish brown, on inner edge the arms are covered with russet hairs that extend downward over the hands, faded from the original black ; feet brownish black, but overlaid with russet hairs; space above eyes, eyelids, and upper lip flesh-colour, probably orange-yellow in life ; face black, covered with short black hairs ; whiskers long, extending beyond the ears, black, grading into drab-grey towards the tips; chin whitish; inner side of arms olive- grey tinged with buff; under parts of body greyish white tinged with buff; tail above brownish olive-grey, beneath olive-grey. Measurements. Total length 1160 mm.; tail 620; foot 150 (skin). Skull: occipital region gone; intertemporal width 45°1; zygomatic width 81:4; breadth of brain-case 60; length of nasals 11°5; palatal length 32:7 ; length of upper molar series 2771 ; length of upper canines 19°4; length of mandible 75; length of lower molar series 33°7. Type in British Museum, no. 85. 8. 1. 11. There are two specimens in the British Museum, both males and from the same locality, but the type alone has russet hairs on the arms, hands, and feet. The other male is a beautiful drab-grey above and on the limbs, with hands and feet brownish black, this colour extending slightly on outer side of forearms above the wrist; the tail is silver- grey with a slight olive tinge. The russet hairs seen on the type are probably the result of age. It is a very handsome species in its attractive Quaker dress. Presbytis crepuscula wroughtoni, subsp. n. Type locality. Pachebon, Siam. Gen. char. Forehead and temples not black; hands and feet not jet-black ; upper parts generally paler than P. crepus- cula, more silvery. Colour. Space above eyes and lips flesh-colour ; rest of face blackish brown; a line of stiff black erect hairs above eyes ; top and sides of head wood-brown; whiskers reaching beyond ears wood-brown ; hind-neck, upper parts of body, and arms to elbow silvery drab-grey, varying in depth according as the light falls upon it, but always paler and of a different hue from P. crepuscula ; forearms brownish grey, grading at wrist into blackish brown on hands speckled with Species and Subspecies of Monkeys. 273 whitish from tips of hairs ; legs paler silvery drab-grey, the outer edge over knees brownish ; feet blackish brown; tail silvery grey on basal half, grading into brownish grey for the remaining portion to tip; chin, throat, and ab lomen white ; ; rest of under parts, chest, and inner side of limbs dark drab- grey. Measurements. Total length 1250 mm. ; tail 800 ; foot 150 (skin). Skull: total length 90; occipito-nasal length 88°5 ; intertemporal width 67:2; length of nasals 102; palatal length 25°7 ; length of upper molar series 25 ; length of upper canines 15°3; length of mandible 65:5; length of lower molar series 311. Type in British Museum, no. 61. 10. 8. 1. This race resembles P. crepuscula, but is easily distin- guished by its brown head and the lighter more silvery hue of the fur. I have great pleasure in naming this race after Mr. R. C. Wroughton, well known for his papers in conjunction with Mr. Oldfield Thomas on African and Asiatic mammals. Presbytis lania, sp. nu. Type locality. Chumbi Valley, Thibet. Gen. char. Hair long, thick, woolly, inclined to gather in masses, especially on upper back and shoulders; size large. Colour. Head and hind-neck yellowish white; sides of head pure white; upper part of back and shoulders sepia ; flanks and upper part of arms pale brownish grey ; upper parts of legs paler, more silvery grey ; hands black; chin, throat, under parts of body, and inner side of limbs yellowish white ; tail above like back, paler, more whitish beneath. Measurements. Size about the same as P. schistacea. Skull: total length 125°3; occipito-nasal length 102-7 ; inter- temporal width 50°8; breadth of brain-case coed, hensel 88°3; zygomatic width 102°5 ; length of nasals 12 : palatal length 49°3 ; length of upper molar series 444. Zype in British Museum, no. 9. 7.16. 1. ‘The unique type of this new form was lately received by the British Museum, through the Bombay Natural History Society, from Chumbi, Thibet. It is a female, with the feet and most of the tail wanting. It is remarkable for its woolly coat, quite unlike the pelage of P. schistacea. It probably represents a species dwelling among the higher mountains to the north of the Himalaya, whose coat has been modified to enable the animals to successfully withstand 274 On a new Species of Monkey. the low temperature of those elevated regions. The skull is generally larger than that of a female of P. schistacea. It is broader across the orbits, and the orbits themselves are much larger and the orbital ridges greatly arched; the rostrum is broader at base, the palate is longer and its roof flatter ; the orbital ridge more prominent, and the depress‘on of the frontal beneath the ridge much greater, and the brain- case is broader. Unfortunately the posterior portion of the skull of P. schistacea is lacking and a comparison posterior to the pterygoids cannot be made; the skull of P. lania indicates a larger animal, but it is impossible to say, with the imperfect material known at present, whether this is an individual trait or a specific character. XXXI1.—Description of a new Species of Monkey of the Genus Cercopithecus. By D.G. Exiior, D.Sc., f.R.S.E., &e. Cercopithecus insignis, sp. n. Type locality. Congo Forest, West Africa. Gen. char. Fur long, loose, rather fluffy ; taillong; colours bright. Colour. Broad brow-band, cheeks, and whiskers (the latter reaching to behind ears) yellow; face blackish; nose bluish white ; lips covered with white hairs; top of head to nape, band across back at base of neck, shoulders, arms, hands, front of thighs from hips over knees, and feet black; entire upper parts from neck to tail, flanks, and under parts from throat to vent, and inner side of thighs dark orange; tail at base reddish brown, grading into black on apical half; chin and upper part of throat white. During a late visit to the Antwerp Zoological Gardens I saw this monkey, and recognized at once that it represented a new species, quite unlike any of the genus Cercopithecus known. I then stated my opinion to M. L’Hoest, the Director, who, in the most generous spirit, requested me to describe it, and I regret very much that, on account of a Cercopithecus Vhoesti existing to-day, 1 am unable to name this fine species after him; but I take this opportunity to thank him for the facilities given me to examine the fine series of Primates in the Gardens. C. instgnis, as the description shows, is a beautiful animal, On new New-Zealand Coleoptera. 275 uite unlike any other, but probably has a greater affinity for C. moloneyi, but is very different from that species. It was very active and constantly in motion, making a careful description difficult. M. L’Hoest informed me that it came from the Congo, but could give no exact locality. XXXII.—Descriptions of new Genera and Species of New- Zealand Coleoptera. By Major T. Broun, F.E.S. [Concluded from p. 161.) Group Cossonide. Pentarthrum dubitans, sp. n. Subcylindrical, subopaque, sparingly clothed with slender inconspicuous greyish hairs; piceous, legs and antenne rufo-piceous. 3d. Rostrum more than half the length of thorax, mode- rately broad for two-thirds of its length, very obviously constricted midway between the antennal insertion (just behind the middle) and the eyes; its punctuation rather close and distinct and becoming twice as coarse between the eyes ; vertex smooth and shining and sharply limited in front, so that the eyes are quite prominent behind. Scape short, stout, and thickened at the extremity; funiculus longer, second joint very slightly longer than third; joints 3-5 short and gradually incrassate, so that the suboblong club is not well marked off. Thorax one-third longer than broad, gradually narrowed anteriorly, obtuscly rounded near the base, sharply constricted near the apex, which is smooth in front but closely and finely punctate behind; disk con- vex, rather coarsely and closely punctured, rather more closely and finely near the base. Scutel/um small, smooth. Elytra parallel-sided, posterior margins distinct and thick but not explanate; they are distinctly punctate-striate throughout, the punctures rather close yet distinctly sepa- rated ; interstices narrow, with minute distant serial punc- tures. Legs stout; tarsi narrow, third joint not lobate or expanded, claws minute, 9. Underside shining, coarsely but not closely punctured, with some slender yellowish hairs; metasternum with a rather fine median groove; basal ventral segment only slightly impressed, its hind suture indistinct, the base of 276 Major T. Broun on new Genera and segments 3-5 so punctured as to appear serrate in front. Rostrum almost as long as that of the male, more than half its thickness, cylindric, more sparingly and finely punctured, not perceptibly constricted behind; antenual insertion be- hind the middle. P. porcatum, Sharp, differs im having the thoracic con- striction distant from the apex, by the absence of pubescence and interstitial punctures, &c. In P, antennale, also from the neighbourhood of Invercargill, the male may be distin- guished by the yellow hairs on the elytra, which may be seen with any good lens, by the rather longer and narrower rostrum not being abruptly and deeply constricted, by the slightly more expanded apical margins of the elytra, and by the more slender scape. The female has the rostrum longer, the antenne more shining red; the thorax is more finely punctate at the apex,so that there is no smooth space there, and the elytral margins are broader behind. P. crassellum, from Picton, a female, has a rather thicker rostrum, shorter scape, and broader elytral margins. These are the nearest allies. Length 1%; breadth quite 3 line. West Plains, Invercargill. Mr. A. Philpott. Pentarthrum planicolle, sp. n. Elongate, subdepressed, nearly glabrous, moderately nitid; piceo-rufous, elytra and legs paler, almost brick-red. Rostrum half the length of thorax, gradually and slightly contracted behind, a little arched above; distinctly, finely, and not closely punctured, with a narrow smooth space near the middle; the head similarly sculptured but smooth behind. Eyes rather small, not prominent, lateral. Antenne medially inserted; scape rather long, slightly flexuous, incrassate at extremity; funiculus stout, joints 2-4 about equal, fifth obconical ; club oblong-oval, pubescent, articu- late. Yhorax rather longer than broad, broadly rounded, briefly narrowed at base, more gradually towards the front, which is constricted at the sides only; disk somewhat flattened and obsoletely impressed along the middle, its punctuation not coarser than that of the head in front, rather coarser but not at all close near the middle, much closer at the sides. Scutelium small, smooth. Llytra somewhat wider than thorax at the base, very gradually and slightly narrowed posteriorly, apical margins not dilated; distinctly but not coarsely punctate-striate, the sutural strize most evident ; interstices moderate, with minute serial i‘) =. Species of New-Zealand Coleoptera. 277 punctures and, in some lights, appearing slightly rugose. Legs moderately stout ; tarsi with slender grey sete, third joint a little dilated and bilobed. Var. Rostrum, thorax, and femora piceous, elytra piceo- rufous; thorax not all impressed along the middle. T. punctirostre has more prominent eyes, its rostrum is broader throughout and more densely sculptured, its thorax is quite evidently impressed medially, the body is entirely darker and bears perceptible greyish pubescence. P. brevi- rosire has a parallel-sided opaque rostrum and distinctly shorter hind-body, and the frontal constriction causes a distinct transverse impression on the thorax. ‘The elytral sculpture is very similar to that of P. planico/le, but the insect itself is smaller, 1} line; it is, nevertheless, the nearest ally. dg. Length 13; breadth @ line. Southland. One male seut by Mr, A. Philpott. Rhinanisus gracilis, sp. n. Slender, depressed, elongate, sparingly clothed with slender inconspicuous yellowish hairs, moderately shining; ferru- gineous, base of elytra more or less dark fuscous, antenne and tarsi paler red. Rostrum shorter than thorax, moderately stout, narrowed behind, very distinctly and finely punctured in front ; scrobes deep, oblique, beginning just before the middle. Head as broad as front of thorax, distinctly and closely punctate, the back shining and apparently smooth. Eyes subrotundate, rather large but not prominent, coarsely facetted, distant from the thorax and each other. Thorax evidently longer than broad, its sides moderately rounded, a good deal nar- rowed anteriorly and constricted, sometimes deep!y and abruptly, near the apex; disk apparently flat, broadly im- pressed from the basal margin to the frontal constriction, distinctly and moderately finely punctured, but rather coarsely and closely near the sides. Sculel/um minute, smooth. Elytra broader than thorax at the base, sub- parallel, curvedly narrowed behind; regularly striate-punc- tate, the sutural strie distinct behind, the third interstices somewhat thickened and acutely bent at the apex and pro- longed forwards along the sides; dorsum plane, the inter- stices with minute serial punctures. Legs moderately stout ; femora medially dilated ; basal three joints of tarsi of nearly equal length, with very long, slender, outstanding grey sete; third joint a little expanded, deeply excavate above, Ann, & Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 8. Vol. iv. 20 278 Major T. Broun on new Genera and with indistinct lobes, the terminal rather longer than the basal three combined. Scape moderate as to length, stout, subclavate at the extremity. Funiculus 5-articulate, basal joint obconical, much stouter and longer than second, which is shghtly longer than the third, jomts 3-5 subquadrate ; club oblong- oval, with yellow pubescence. Underside shining brick-red, basa] two ventral segments darker ; distinctly yet finely but not closely punctured, with minute pubescence; the suture between the intermediate cox extremely fine and straight. The metasternum very elongate, flat, with a linear impression extending more than halfway towards the front, in the female much shorter. Basal ventral segment rather larger than second, broadly impressed, the suture very fine. ; 2. Rostrum more slender and finely sculptured, its sub- parallel frontal half evidently broader than the basal. Much more slender than previously described species, of a paler red, but with the elytra more or less darkened near the base. ¢. Length 1}-1}; breadth 2 line. Broken River. A good series found by Mr. J. H. Lewis. Rhinanisus elongatus, sp. n. ~~ Angustate, elongate, subdepressed, subopaque, sparsely clothed with minute greyish sete; piceo-rufous, antenne and tarsi obscure rufo-testaceous or pale ferrugineous. 2. Rostrum shorter than thorax, widest at apex, very slightly, hardly appreciably, dilated at the poimt of antennal insertion just behind the middle, its basal portion evidently contracted ; it is finely but distinctly punctate. Head much narrowed anteriorly, rather coarsely, closely, and somewhat rugosely punctured, the usually smooth hind portion mi- nutely coriaceous and distantly punctate. yes rather flat, with coarse facets. Thorax much longer than broad, gradu- ally narrowed from near the base to the apical constriction, close to the base the sides are rather abruptly and obliquely narrowed ; disk longitudinally depressed, distinctly but not closely punctured, the sides more coarsely and quite closely, the middle of apex impunctate. Scutel/um small and smooth. Elytra rather wider than thorax at the base, very elongate and parallel, just visibly uarrowed near the extremity; the dorsum not quite flat, evidently striate-punctate, the punc- tures quadrate or oblong, with short intervals, striate at apex ; third interstices bent there but only minutely elevated, Species of New-Zealand Coleoptera, 279 all with distant, minute serial punctures and transversely rugose. Scape moderately elongate, stout, only a little thickened apically; basal joint of funiculus stout, longer than broad, subtriangular, second slightly longer than third; fourth and fifth transverse; club oblong-oval. Legs stout, the tibial hooks well developed ; third tarsal joint slightly expanded and lobate, with distinct slender grey sete. @. Rostrum thickened and more coarsely sculptured ; antennal insertion at, or immediately before, the middle. The specimen mutilated. The female of R. parvicornis (913) most nearly resembles this species, which latter, however, is larger, more elongate, and darker; the eyes are not at all prominent and not easily distinguishable from the punctuation of the head. ?. Length is breadth quite } line. Ashburton. I extracted one pair from the mandibles of a Trichoslernus antarcticus which was sent to me several years ago by Mr. W. W. Smith. Rhinanisus subconvexus, sp. n. Rufous, slightly tinged with piceous, tarsi and antenne paler, moderately nitid. This species is evidently smaller and paler than R. elon- gatus, and though somewhat similar to R. gracilis as regards size and colour is less depressed than it is, with the rostrum and antenne shorter, and differently sculptured. From R. parvicornis it may be at once separated by an examination of the thoracic sculpture; this, however, is the nearest species. Rostrum distinctly shorter than thorax, its basal portion evidently narrower than the anterior, distinctly punctate. Head with distinct, not close, and rather shallow punctures. Eyes very slightly convex. Scape short, a good deal in- crassate apically ; second joint of funiculus very little longer than third; club oblong-oval. Thorax hardly at all depressed, finely but not closely punctured on the middle, more dis- tinctly but not closely near the sides ; in shape like that of R. parvicornis. Scutellum small and smooth. Elytra but little depressed, parallel-sided, striate-punctate, the intervals between the punctures nearly as long as the punctures themselves ; interstices with fine distant punctures, scarcely at all rugose; apical sculpture a little indistinct. The pale yellowish hairs, though slender, are quite percep- tible with a good lens. oe 280 Major T. Broun on new Genera and d. Length 1}; breadth nearly } line. Otara, Southland. One example from Mr. A. Philpott. Rhinanisus suturalis, sp. n. Elongate, slightly nitid, sparsely clothed with slender greyish sete, rufo-piceous, antennz and legs infuscate red. 9. Rostrum moderate, contracted behind the middle, rather finely punctate, not closely or rugosely. Head glo- bose below, narrowed anteriorly, not closely or coarsely punctured. yes nearly flat, with coarse facets. Antenne implanted immediately before the middle, where the rostrum is very slightly dilated ; scape moderately long and stout, very eradually incrassate; basal joint of funiculus nearly the length of the following two combined, second slightly longer than third, fifth broader than fourth, as wide as the base of the club, which is oblong-oval and slightly acumi- nate. Thorax nearly twice as long as broad, its sides slightly rounded, gradually narrowed towards the well- marked frontal constriction; disk unimpressed, distinctly but not closely or coarsely punctured even near the sides, the intervals smooth and shining, almost smooth and swollen at the apex. Scutellum small and smooth. Elytra sub- parallel, distinctly striate-punctate, the intervals sometimes quite as long as the punctures; interstices with minute distant punctures, the third a little incrassate and bent towards the sides at the apex; the suture is slightly elevated. Legs normal, third tarsal joint but little expanded or lobed ; the tarsi setose underneath, as in R. gracilis. Underside moderately glossy, very scantily and finely clad; the metasternum and basa] two ventral segments distinctly but not closely punctured, the second about one- half shorter than first; third and fourth transversely punc- tured at the base; rostrum densely minutely asperate, and with two slender longitudinal carine. 6. Dark ferrugineous. Rostrum more expanded in front with slightly coarser sculpture. Elytra a little more rugose. One specimen. This somewhat resembles R. cheesemani, which, however, is more glossy, brighter in colour, and has the apical portion of the thorax in front of the constriction nearly twice as long, and the sides almost quite regularly rounded; the underside also eee ?. Length 13; breadth } line. Totara, Suiklind One “of each sent by Mr. A. Philpott. “ -_ «z Reis =~ Species of New-Zealand Coleoptera. 281 Group Cerambycide. Aimona sublineata, sp. n. Elongate, subparallel, slightly nitid, ferrugineous; thorax rather darker; elytral vestiture pale yellow, that of the legs and antenne much finer and greyish, the fine golden pubes- cence concentrated near the eyes and on the scutellum. Head narrowed anteriorly, covered with yellow hairs ex- cept on a triangular space behind, which has a few fine punctures. Thorax elongate, cylindric; the disk pubescent, the middle with a linear longitudinal elevation which is more or less intersected by short transverse rug ; the lateral punctuation is close and distinct, and extends a little over the disk so as to be quite discernible from above ; the frout is almost without sculpture, lytra slightly broader at the base than at the rounded apices, closely and somewhat rugosely punctured, more finely towards the extremity. Prosternum with a smooth, transverse, almost linear, space in front, elsewhere closely and distinctly punctured. Supple- mentary ventral segment not notched. Antenne reach backwards to the extremity of the body. Allied to 4’. mutica. 2. Length 6; breadth 14 line. Karori, Wellington (Mr. G. V. Hudson). A single male. Group Lamiide. Somatidia websteriana, sp. n. Subovate, convex, slightly nitid, variegate. Head excavate and intensely black between the eyes; vertical in front, reddish, and covered with fine grey pubes- cence. Antenne reaching backwards beyond the hind femora, pale ferrugineous; the basal four joints marked with grey pubescence, the fifth with the apical half fuscous ; they bear numerous distinct but not very long sete ; fourth joint about a third longer than the preceding one. Thorax strongly rounded laterally, the middle widest ; distinctly and rather closely punctured, rather more finely at the sides; near the middle of the disk there are two slightly raised smooth spots; the pubescence fine and greyish, but quite yellow in front of the scutellum, E/ytra as wide as thorax at the base, oviform; disk uneven, with coarse irregularly placed punctures; near each side, not far from the base, there are two rounded nodosities ; just behind these, but nearer to the suture, are two rather more elongated elevya- 282 Major T. Broun on new Genera and tions ; there are two more on the summit of the hind slope, but further from the suture than the middle pair; lower down there is another pair, almost united to an elongated elevation on each elytron, near the apex; the derm is glossy brown on the disk, but near the hind slope appears greyish, owing to the fine pubescence there ; immediately behind this the pubescence is dark, but the lower part of the declivity and the sides are mottled with grey and ash-coloured pubescence. Femora clavate, fuscous ; pubescence grey ; tibie yellow, but fuscous near the base. This should be placed near S. costifer (2272), which is considerably larger, and bears on each elytron a costa which extends from the middle and is bent at the base, so as to join the raised and thickened suture. Length 2? ; breadth 1} line. Hokianga. One found at Opononi, when accompanied by Mr. John Webster, in whose honour it is named. This distinction is conferred so as to place on record the name of one of those courageous northern pioneer settlers who are now fast passing away. Somatidia heterartha, sp. D. Small, slightly shivimg; piceous; antenne and legs rufescent, not variegated ; tarsi testaceous; sparingly clothed with slender but quite perceptible greyish pubescence; the hinder pairs of tibize along the outer face more coarsely pilose and darker; the intermediate pair more evidently emarginate than the posterior. Head moderately convex, its deflexed forehead abruptly truncate in front. Thorax widest before the middle, where it is rounded, considerably narrowed behind, with a minute spme at each side behind the middle; the surface rather coarsely punctate, but without inequalities. E/ytra mode- rately convex, less coarsely punctured than the thorax, the sutural region and apex more finely and distantly. Antenne stout, reaching backwards to the top of posterior declivity ; basal joint stout, second small and subquadrate, third about as long as the following three or four conjointly, fourth unusually abbreviated, but little longer than broad ; remaining joints just oblong. The small size, unicolorous body, and remarkable antennze differentiate this from previously described species. Female less coarsely sculptured and rather dull. Length 13 ; breadth 3 line. Broken River. Both sexes from Mr. J. H. Lewis. — ~ Species of New-Zealand Coleoptera. 283 Somatidia testacea, sp. n. Subopaque, only moderately convex, rather broad, testa- ceous ; pubescence fine, decumbent, and similar in colour to the derm ; femora and antennz a little rufescent; on the summit of the hind slope, on each elytron, there is a narrow fuscous fascia, not attaining the suture and bent backward at the side. Thorax widest near the front, moderately rounded laterally and only moderately narrowed behind ; the disk slightly flattened, its punctuation coarse but rather shallow. E/ytra of exactly the same width as thorax at the base, considerably broader at the middle, much narrowed behind; they bear four minute crests, one pair before the middle, the other on top of the declivity ; punctuation not close, only moderately coarse, and irregular. Antenne unspotted, not coarsely pubescent; third joint about a third longer than fourth ; joints 5-11 each nearly as long as the fourth; they extend backwards just beyond the top of the declivity. Legs stout, normal. Allied to S. picticorne, but the coloration and general appearance are materially different. Length 24-2} ; breadth 1-1} line. Totara, Southland. I am indebted to Mr, A. Philpott for my two specimens. Somatidia sericophora, sp. n. Convex, much contracted medially ; the head, thorax, legs, and antenne nearly ferrugineous ; elytra zeneo-fuscous ; a broad, irregular, postmedian fascia and a large space at each side of the posterior declivity pale testaceous ; tibize and tarsi testaceous. Thorax broad, subovate, much contracted towards the base, finely yet distinctly, but not at all closely, punctured, except just at the apex, the intervals very minutely sculp- tured, without lateral denticles, sparingly clothed with fine, silky, yellow hairs. Elytra elongate-oval, much narrowed towards the base and apex; each with two series of fine rather distant punctures near the suture and continued to the apex ; there are a few more fine punctures towards the sides. Antenne stout, pubescent, nearly attaining the hind thighs ; basal joint elongate, subovate ; second much smaller than any of the others ; third equalling the following three combined, and almost reaching the base of thorax ; joints 4-10 subequal, - 284 Major T. Broun on new Genera and This comes near S. ptinoides ; it is, however, nearly twice as large, and is distinguishable by the more scanty punctua- tion on the thorax, particularly behind the middle, and by the relatively shorter and thicker basal joint of the antenne. Length 2; breadth ? line. Broken River; one. Another discovery by Mr. J. H. Lewis. Somatidia lineifera, sp. n. Body moderately elongate and convex, not abruptly narrowed medialJy, subopaque, dark fuscous ; yellow pubes- cence forms a broad, curvate, median fascia, which extends backwards and expands so as to cover each side of the hind slope; there are, however, several dark spots amongst the pubescence; similar pubescence is less distinct near the base ; the femora, knees, and most parts of the tibiz are rufo-fuscous, the rest of these Jast and the tarsi are testa- ceous ; antenne not maculate, rufescent, with outstanding slender greyish sete. Head distantly punctate, with a distinct sulcus along the middle. MYhorax broadest before the middle, with a denticle at each side, a good deal narrowed behind; its surface distinctly and moderately closely punctured, the pubescence distinct, somewhat fulvescent. E/ytra elongate, oviform, rather thickly pubescent, and bearing elongate variegate sete ; they are rather closely punctured near the shoulders, distantly elsewhere. Antenne reach just beyond the top of the declivity ; third joimt just passes the base of thorax, so that it is longer than the following two taken “together. Similar to S. signatus, in which, however, there is a slender raised line along the middle of the thorax, which is best seen when examined from behind. S. lineifera can be separated by the dark groove on the head. Length 22; breadth 1] line. Ashburton. One from Mr. W. W. Smith. Hybolasius varipes, sp. n. Elongate, subdepressed, rufo-piceous, rather densely clothed with decumbent griseous pubescence ; the legs and antenne with long, outstanding, slender sete. Head short, vertical, and setose in front, the upper central groove distinct. Zhorar moderately transverse, finely and | closely sculptured, more deeply constricted behind than in front ; lateral tubercles large, occupying nearly half of each Spectes of New-Zealand Coleoptera. 285 side, but not acutely produced, the pair of small discoidal tubercles placed before the middle, longitudinal groove slender. Scufellum broad, bordered with dense, minute, whitish pubescence. L/ytra slightly broader at the shoulders than the middle of thorax, almost straight at the sides for half their length, afterwards curved but not abruptly narrowed to the apex; their punctuation is distinct, some- what irregular, but not close, and does not reach the extre- mity; the basal two crests are well developed; «n elevation on each, approaching the suture, behind, extends from the hind thigh to the posterior slope; the suture is speckled ; the apices are narrowed and individually rounded, so as to be dehiscent. Antenne somewhat mottled with ferrugineous and grey ; seventh joint extending just beyond the elytral apices ; basal joint elongate and pyriform; second small and transverse ; third and fifth nearly equal; fourth almost double the length of fifth. Legs variezated, base of femora pale chestnut-red ; tibie slightly incurved. The elytral punctures, though not coarse, cause a some- what spotted appearance ; the pubescence near each shoulder is faintly tinged with green; the two hind pairs of tibiz are viridescent ; the insect itself, however, is much more slender than H. viridescens, and has tapering elytral apices. Length 23-24; breadth ? line. Broken River. 1 am indebted to Mr. J. H. Lewis for a pair. Group Eumolpida. Eucolaspis plicatus, sp. n. Convex, subovate, rather broad, shining, nude; head, thorax, and apices of elytra fusco-testaceous ; elytra fusco- piceous ; the palpi, legs, and basal four joints of antennze testaceous ; remaining joints rufo-testaceous. Head distantly and moderately coarsely punctured; clypeus deeply incurved ; eyes large and very prominent. Thorax strongly transverse, apex truncate; base broadly rounded, widest near the middle, its sides rounded; anterior angles depressed but rectangular, posterior slightly projecting; the disk closely and finely punctured, more coarsely towards the sides ; a short space across the base nearly smooth, but with a close series of minute punctures along the basal margin. Scutellum oblong, smooth. Elytra rather coarsely but not closely punctured, rather more finely and closely near the base ; on the hinder portion of each elytron there are two 286 Major T. Broun on new Genera and strie near the suture, and a still shorter third one; the shoulder is elevated and smooth, and from it two smooth plicee or obtuse ridzes, with a deep distinctly punctured stria between them, extend backwards almost to the apex. Undersi/e piceous, sparingly and finely punctured and pubescent. . It should be placed near E. subeneus. Length 2; breadth nearly 1} line. Kaitoke and Pakuratahi, Wellington. One example from Mr. G. V. Hudson. Atrichatus nitidulus, sp. n. Conver, oblong-oval, shining, glabrous; elytra and legs fusco-testaceous ; the head, thorax, and terminal joints of the antennz rufescent. Head rather finely punctate, with two smooth, oblique, slight inter-antennal elevations. Thvrax nearly twice as broad as long, apex truncate, base a little rounded ; its sides with distinct dark margins and moderately curvate; front angles depressed and nearly rectangular, the posterior slightly projecting outwardly ; the disk finely and irregu- larly but not very closely punctured, more closely near the sides ; the basal margin with a series of fine closely placed punctures. Scutellum subtriangular. Elytra rather broader than thorax, curvedly narrowed near the extremity, the suture somewhat rufescent and almost impunctate; their punctuation moderately coarse and irregular, nowhere close, a little finer near the base and suture, nearly serial at the sides behind the smooth shoulders, and with two or three ill-defined apical striz on each. Legs robust, tibiz a little dilated near the extremity and grooved externally. Tarsi rather broad ; basal joint large, narrowed towards the base, slightly emarginate at apex ; second triangular ; third bilobed and larger than in Euco- laspis. Antenne inserted at sides of forehead, attaining the middle of elytra ; basal joint stout ; second evidently shorter than the contiguous ones ; they are sparingly pubescent. Rather smaller than A. ochraceus, more shining, differently coloured, and with more slender antenne. Length 24; breadth 14 line. Broken River (Mr. J. H. Lewis) ; one individual. Group Cryptocephalide. Arnomus viridicollis, sp. n. Subnudus, shining, variegate ; thorax eneo-yiridis; elytra Species of New-Zealand Coleoptera. 287 rufo-cupreous ; the legs, front of head, and basal three joints of antennie testaceous ; remaining joints piceo-fuscous. Head vertical in front, finely punctate with a slender inter-ocular sulcus, sparsely clothed with greyish hairs. Thorax transverse, its sides rounded, slightly narrower in front than at the base, lateral margins fine and indistinct, posterior angles rectangular; the surface moderately closely, distinctly, and somewhat irregularly punctured, with a fine dorsal line and a few fine grey hairs near each side. Scu- tellum smooth, viridescent. Elytra rather short, oblong, apices obtusely rounded; shoulders slightly elevated and narrowed, so that their base and that of the thorax are of the same breadth ; they are impressed at the inside of each shoulder and behind the scutellum ; the lateral margins are well developed except just at the apices and shoulders ; their punctuation is moderately coarse and close, but not quite seriate ; the suture is brassy and sharply defined behind. Legs only moderately long and stout; anterior femora rather short: Antenne elongate and slender, the dark joints with greyish pubescence. Underside fusco-testaceous, finely and rather closely sculp- tured, with greyish pubescence ; terminal ventral segment with a large simple fovea. Broader than A. curtipes, with shorter front legs and rather elongated lobes to the penultimate joint of the front tarsi, and without any smooth raised spot before the scutellum. Length 14; breadth # line. Broken River (Mr. J. H. Lewis) ; one individual. Arnomus signatus, sp. Nn. Variegate, testaceous ; the back of the head and a trian- gular space behind the scutellum subcyaneous ; thorax more or less rufo-fuscous ; it is shining and apparently glabrous. Head finely punctate. Thorax rather small, strongly trans- verse ; apex slightly but widely emarginate, with subacute angles ; its sides much rounded, so that the posterior angles are less distinct than the anterior, base feebly curvate ; its surface distinctly but very irregularly punctured, so that small smooth intervals occur here and there ; its sides more coarsely punctured. E/ytra rather wider than thorax, base subtruncate but very oblique near the scutellum; they are wider behind the middle than near the base ; their punctua- tion rather coarser than that of the thorax, but more serial. Legs moderately slender, rather long, the front pair longest. 288 Major T’. Broun on new Genera and Underside fusco-testaceous ; prosternal process broad and evidently punctured ; metasternum grooved along the middle ; abdomen finely sculptured, apical segment with a large fovea occupying about half of the whole area. This may be readily identified by the variegation. The bluish space on the base of the elytra in one specimen is prolonged backwards towards the apex of each as a broad dilute vitta. The eyes, though of moderate size, are only just perceptibly convex, and are therefore less prominent than usual. Length 2; breadth 1 line. Mount Arthur. Two mutilated individuals forwarded by Mr. G. V. Hudson. Group Galerucide. Luperus angularius, sp. n. Subdepressed, moderately elongate, shining ; nigrescent, slightly zneous ; femora, terminal joint of tarsi, and the antennz fuscous; destitute of perceptible pubescence. Antenne attain the hind thighs, basal three joints a little shining and _ paler than the following opaque ones. Head uneven above, with some grey pubescence in front. Thorax nearly twice as broad as long, distinctly and mode- rately closely punctured, slightly uneven, with four or five irregularly formed almost smooth spots; apex truncate, base very feebly curved, the sides only a little rounded, nearly straight behind, lateral margins well developed and very evidently thickened at the anterior angles ; posterior angles indistinct, but just inside each there is a small granular elevation with a setigerous puncture. Scutellum impressed. Elytra oblong, wider than thorax, shoulders slightly raised and prominent ; apices nearly subtruncate, so that the extremity of each at the suture is sharply rectan- gular; they are distinctly, rather closely, but not coarsely punctured ; the interstices near the sides are slightly trans- versely rugose. The two hind pairs of didie are moderately curvate. A careful scrutiny of the thoracic angles will lead to its recognition. Length 24; breadth 1$ line. Broken River (Mr. J. H Lewis); one individual. . : : ; | Species of New-Zealand Coleoptera. 289 Luperus scutellaris, sp. 0. Elongate, oblong, shining, brassy black, indistinctly rufes- cent on some parts ; tibiz and basal joint of tarsi testaceous. Head glossy black, with rather prominent antennal tubercles. Thorax transverse, with a transverse impression in front, the surface not uneven elsewhere; its punctuation of two kinds, one distinct but not coarse or close, the other minute and scattered on the intervals; the sides in front nearly smooth, the middle of the disk with fine punctures. Scutellum perfectly smooth. /ytra parallel-sided, shoulders raised, the whole sutural region from the base to the top of the hind slope broadly depressed ; their punctuation mode- rately close, not coarse, finer near the suture, transversely rugose near the sides. Antenne elongate, except the basal three joints, dark and opaque, with some white hairs which are most obvious on the basal joints. Most nearly allied to ZL. angularius, the front angles of the thorax less evidently thickened, the hind tibie rather less curvate, and the general appearance and sculpture different. The elytral suture at the apex is obtuse. Length 24; breadth 14 line. Broken River. Found by Mr. J. H. Lewis. Luperus lewisi, sp. n. Subdepressed, rather narrow, shining, nigro-eneous ; the legs and basal three joints of antenne pale fuscous, remaining joints dark and dull. Head quite smooth and polished behind. Thorar trans- verse, not uneven above, its punctuation very fine and distant, the intervening spaces densely and very minutely sculptured; the sides a little rounded, apex truncate, lateral margins well developed ; anterior angles not only incrassate, but just visibly projecting outwardly, the posterior indefinite. Scutellum smal]. Elytra elongate, subparallel, shoulders only slightly raised; rather finely and not very closely punctured; the suture almost rectangular at the apices. Legs rather slender ; tibiz nearly straight. A glossy, finely sculptured species, which can be easily distinguished by the prominent front angles of the thorax. Length 2}; breadth nearly 1 line. Broken River. It bears the name of its discoverer, Mr. J. H. Lewis. One example. 290 On new New-Zealand Coleoptera. Luperus axyrocharis, sp. 0. Body cyaneous or slightly tinged with green ; legs fuscous, the knees and basal three joints of antennz paler, remainder of antenne dull blackish. Thorax about a third broader than long, a little curved at the sides, front and hind angles nearly rectangular; the surface rather distantly and finely punctate. Scutellum minute, violaceous. Elytra slightly and gradually dilated behind, with a fovea-like impression near each shoulder ; the shoulders themselves, however, are not distinctly raised ; they are a little rugosely, rather finely, and not very closely punctured. Antenne proportionately rather stout but elon- gate; third joint hardly exceeding the second in length, both, taken together, scarcely longer than the basal one, the others elongate. Tarsi moderately slender, third joint short. Tibie straight. This species no doubt is distinct. A second specimen has rather stouter antenne and hind tibie. Length 13}; breadth 3 line. Arthur’s Pass. Found by Mr. J. H. Lewis. Luperus palialis, sp. n. Slender, elongate, narrow, nitid, unicolorous, flavescent, subnude. Head smooth behind. Thorax strongly transverse, its sides but little curved, with rectangular angles; it is obso- letely sculptured. Scutellum small. lytra obviously broader than thorax at the base, subparallel ; shoulders but little elevated; apices broadly rounded, their punctuation fine, not very close, but slightly rugose. Legs slender. Underside testaceous, almost quite smooth, Length 1? ; breadth ? line. Broken River. Three specimens found by Mr. J. H. Lewis. Luperus asperellus, sp. n. Glabrous, oblong, dark violaceous ; the thorax and sides of elytra with metallic red reflectious; tarsi dull fusco- piceous. Head uneven, rugose. Thorax strongly transverse, with moderately curvate sides, its angles obtusely rectangular ; the surface asperate, coarsely punctate and rugose, with two more or less distinct nodules and an irregular linear elevation near the middle, marginal channels rather dul] and On new Species of Histeride. 291 nearly smooth. Scufellum subtriangular, impunctate. Elytra rather wider than thorax, at the base, a little dis- tended posteriorly, apices obtusely rounded ; they are closely, distinctly and rugosely punctured. Antenne thick and elongate. Tibia straight. Front /arsi rather narrow and relatively slender. Underside shining, violaceous, with close, shallow, indefi- nite sculpture ; terminal ventral segment obconical, simple. We have but one similarly glittering metallic species (L. princeps), which, however, has the head smooth; the elytra are somewhat attenuated posteriorly, the tibiz arcuate, the anterior tarsi stouter, and the body is decidedly more rufescent. Length 34; breadth 1} line. South Island. The donor and exact locality are, unfortu- ‘nately, not recorded. XXXIIL.— On new Species of Histeridee and Notices of others. By G. Lewis, F.L.S. THis is the thirty-fifth paper on the Histeride in this series. In the first paper (1884), which dealt exclusively with the Japanese species, I suggested that it was probable that Teretrius was the only genus likely to occur in the islands, but not at the time known as existent. Lately in the south of the Archipelago a species of Platylister has been found, and in the Saati of Paris there is a Japanese species of Mendelius. In other families also discoveries have been made from time to time of subtropical and tropical forms, which show that such are more common in Japan than it was at first supposed. I now look for the finding of Teretriosoma, Plesius, Apobletes, Eblisia, and probably other genera not yet characterized. I also think that the Japanese fauna may eventually be found to have something more in common, though in a less degree, with that of North America. The curious and probably subcortical Heterius optatus, Lew., is somewhat similar to, but not congeneric with, Melaneterius infernalis, Fall. Unfortunately both these species are known only by single examples, and have not been brought together for comparison. ‘The Japanese Hetertus yratus, Lew., is also very similar to H. brunnetpennis, Rand. 292 Mr. G. Lewis on List of Species. Teretriosoma saginatum. | Carcinops sinensis. Apobletes pumicatus, Lew. Isolomalus teres, Lec. Platylister bande. —— debilis, Lee. Platysoma incurvatum. Exosternus angolr. Nagelius, gen. nov. rufulus, Lew. Eugrammicus minor. Paratropus congonis. Zabromorphus pinguis. Saprinus eratus. Macrolister emarginatus. schmidtii, Reitt. Hister marginipunctatus, Lev. | Euspilotus colombicus, Kirsch. lineimargo, Reitt. | —— richteri. Atholus siculus, Tourn. | —— lesus, Lew. coalescens. devius. Teretriosoma saginatum, sp. 0. Cylindricum, breve, robustum, nigrum, nitidum, undique pune- tatum ; antennis pedibusque obscure rufis; pygidio convexo ; mesosterno valde marginato; tibiis anticis 6-7-denticulatis. L. 3 mill. Cylindrical, rather short and robust, black and shining; antenne and legs somewhat obscurely red; the punctuation above is evenly dispersed and fairly close (closer than that of T. afrum); the thorax is clearly marginate, the lateral stria is strong and before the base sinuous ; the propygidium, the punctuation is slightly larger than that of the elytra and the pygidium is similar except that about one-third of the apical part is somewhat rugose-punctate; the sterna are equally and rather coarsely punctate, punctures somewhat shallow and not very close; the mesosternum is strongly marginate anteriorly ; the anterior tibie are 6—7-denticulate and micro- scopically strigose on the upper surface. This species is rather smaller and broader than T. chaly- beum, Horn, and smaller and not nearly so robust as 7. afrum, Lew., but the general punctuation and the form. of the tibia scarcely differ from afrum. It is a species without any very conspicuous differentiating characters. Hab. Lake Chad, Central Africa (Dr. J. Decorse, 1904). Five examples in the Museum of Paris and my own collection. Apobletes pumicatus, Lew. Mem. Soc. esp. Hist. nat. i. (1907). Oblongo-ovatus, deplanatus, niger, nitidus; antennis pedibusque piceis; fronte plana, haud striata, impunctata; pronoto stria marginali tenuiter impressa, brevi in angulo antico; elytris striis 1-3 integris, 4 apicali, dimidiata; propygidio disperse punctu- new Species of Histeride. 293 lato; pygidio basi transversim punctato; prosterno lato haud striato; mesosterno bisinuato, immarginato ; tibiis anticis multi- denticulatis. L. 2 mill. Very similar to A, marseuli, Lew., and pauperatus, Sch., which together form a local section of the genus in which the head is smooth and without striw, the thorax has a very fine marginal stria close to the edze and confined to the region of the anterior angle, the pygidia are indistinetly punctured, and the prosternum broad and not striate. Specifically pumicatus may be known by its more oblong form and by the third dorsal stria being complete. Hab. Cabo 8. Juan, Biafra, West Africa. In the Museum of Madrid and my own collection. Platylister banda, sp. n. Oblongus, subdepressus, niger, nitidus; fronte stria integra leviter impressa, in medio subsinuata, clypeo emarginato; pronoto stria laterali antice interrupta, postice ad angulos continuata ; elytris striis dorsalibus 1-2 integris, 3 interrupta; pygidio margine elevato, equaliter sat dense punctato; mesosterno stria marginali late interrupta; tibiis anticis 4-dentatis. L, 5} mill. Oblong, somewhat depressed, black and shining ; the head concave anteriorly, transverse stria rather fine and feebly sinuous in the middle; the thorax, the lateral stria is inter- rupted behind the head, but it is continued at the base round the angle and terminates opposite the third elytral stria ; the elytra, 1-2 dorsal striae are complete, 3 interrupted in the middle, others are wanting ; the propygidium has two clusters of rather small punctures; the pygidium has the outer rim elevated and its surface evenly and rather densely punctured ; the mesosternum, the marginal stria does not pass along its emargination ; the anterior tibie are 4-dentate. The thoracic stria of P. canalicollis, Mars., is continued along the whole of the base, but the stria in P. hand ceases at a point opposite the third dorsal strie. The mesosternal stria being interrupted is also a character to be noted. ‘The dorsal strive resemble those of P. abruptus, Er. Hab, Tenimber and Banda Islands. Five examples. Platysoma incurvatum, sp. n. Oblongo-ovatum, convexum, nigro-nitidum ; fronte concava; elytris Ann, & Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 8. Vol. iv. 21 294 Mr. G. Lewis on striis 1-3 integris basi incurvatis, 4-5 apicalibus, suturali longi- uscula utrinque abbreviata; pygidio marginato, grosse et dense punctato ; mesosterno stria transversa arcuatim impressa ; tibiis anticis 4-dentatis. L. 4} mill. Oval, somewhat oblong, convex; the forehead widely excavated, transverse stria fine and nearly straight; the thorax, marginal stria rather fine, complete, and parallel to the edge laterally ; the elytra, outer humeral stria fine and complete, inner humeral wanting, 1-3 dorsal somewhat strong and complete, all turn inwards at the base, but espe- cially 2-3, the third is finest apically, 4 fine, apical, and a little broken, 5 apical and punctiform, sutural shortened at both ends, anteriorly only reaching the disk ; the propygidium somewhat irregularly punctate; the pygidium is marginate posteriorly and closely and evenly punctured; the prosternal keel is very slightly widened behind the coxe and without strie ; the mesosternum is rather widely sinuous anteriorly, with a short irregular stria behind each of the anterior angles, and across the sternum is a remarkable arched stria which reaches the base at the sides, and anteriorly it does not pass very close to the sinuous edge. The peculiar incurved dorsal striae suggest the specific name. Platylister arcuatus, Lew., has a similer arched mesosternal stria to that of the above, but otherwise it in no respect resembles it. Pachycrerus nanus, Lew., also has an arched mesosternal stria. Hab. Sarawak, Borneo (John Hewitt). One example. NAGELIUS, gen. nov. Body oblong-oval, somewhat convex; head retractile, mandibles convex above; antennz, scape long and narrow, nearly as long as the other joints together, joints of funiculus gradually enlarging to the club, club oval, antennal fossette in the thoracic angle, large and deep (in these last three characters the species are similar to those in Campylorhabdus) ; thoracic lateral interstice somewhat elevated ; elytra, inner humeral stria abbreyiated at both ends; pygidium perpen- dicular, immarginate, and very slightly convex ; prosternum bistriate ; mesosternum very feebly sinuous, almost truncate ; tibiee broad and compressed, anterior tarsal groove sinuous. Type, limatulus, Lew.,in the National Collection, of which figures are given here, This genus is founded to receive three Oriental species hitherto included in the New-World genus Pstloscelis. The new Species of Histeride. 295 species are P. castelnaudi, Mars., 1870, P. limatulus, Lew., 1892, and carinicollis, Lew., 1893. In the four North- American species which now remain in Psi/oscel’’s the antennal fossette is behind the thoracic angle, the club of the antenna is circular in outline, the tarsal groove in the anterior tibiz is straight, the prosternal keel is not bistriate, and the general facies of the species known are very different, for all are opaque. Nagelius limatulus, Lew. I believe that the species of Nagelius are of subcortical habit ; [ once saw castelnaud’, Mars., under bark at Balagoda in Ceylon. The name of the genus is derived from that of the author of ‘ Mechanisch-physiologische Theorie der Abstammungs- Lehre,’ 1884. Eugrammicus minor, sp. n. Ovalis, convexus, tenuissime punctulatus, niger, nitidus; fronte stria haud sinuata; pronoto stria laterali interna post angulos indistincta, externa ad angulum evanescenti; elytris striis didymis, 1—4 integris, 5 et suturali subintegris prope conjunctis ; pygidio obscure brunneo ; tibiis anticis 3-dentatis. L. 6? mill. Oval, convex above, black and shining; the head and thorax feebly punctulate, frontal stria complete and straight anteriorly and relatively, as regards the other known species, well-marked; the thorax is bistriate laterally, outer stria evanescent behind the angle, inner stria is traceable behind the anterior angle, but is not clearly defined, it continues behind the head; the elytra, striz didymous, 1-4 complete, 5 and sutural almost complete and almost joining at the 21* 296 Mr. G. Lewis on base, the fifth stria turns outwards at the apical edge, the inner subhumeral is complete, outer humeral short and. basal (these two strie are similar in all the known species) ; the propygidium is very finely punctulate over the whole surfaees and there is a basal lateral stria (common also to the other known species); the pygidium is much less distinctly pune- tulate and is obcurely reddish brown, not apparently owing to immaturity ; the prosternal keel is margined along its base like that of Psiloscelis harrist, Lec. (a character also seen in the other species) ; the mesosternum is narrowly sinuous and marginate ; the anterior tibie are 3-dentate. There are now five species of this genus known, and with the additional species it is easy to see that the characters referred to in parentheses should be considered generic. In Contipus the pygidia are simply convex. Hab. Congo River. Zabromorphus pinguis, sp. n. Oblongo-ovatus, convexus, niger, nitidus; fronte impunctata, stria integra antice recta; pronoto ciliato, striis integris, parallelis, interstitiis latis; ely tris striis latis, crenulatis, 1-4 integris, 5 et suturali vix abbreviatis ; " propygidio py gidioque grosse punctatis ; prosterno basi marginato; mesosterno antice emarginato, stria integra recta, L. 94 mill. Oblong-oval, convex, black and shining ; the forehead smooth, stria very strong and straight anteriorly ; the thorax, lateral striz deep, outer stria ceasing behind the eye, inner continued behind the head, lateral interstice wide, with a few marks and punctures ’at the angle; the elytra, striz deeply impressed with crenulate edges, inner humeral apical and just passes the middle at the point where the outer humeral ends, the dorsal strie 1-4 complete, 5 a little shortened at the base but not at the apex, sutural less shortened in front but similarly shortened behind; the pygidia are coarsely punctate ; the prosternum is marginate along the base of the keel; the mesosternum emarginate, stria well- marked and straight anteriorly; the anterior tibiz 3-dentate. This species differs from Z. longicollis, Mars., by the head being without foveze and the greater depth and completeness of the elytral striz; in outline it is very similar, The form of the inner humeral stria may be considered a generic character of Zabromorphus. Hab. Congo River (C. Neave). One example in the Natural History Museum. new Species of Histeride. 297 Macrouister, Lew. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. xiv. p- 145 (1904). This genus, as at present constituted, may be conveniently divided into two sections. In the first, which includes the largest species, the mesosternum is anteriorly immarginate ; in the second the marginal stria is complete, but there is no intermediate form, so it is evidently a character of some signiticance, Macrolister emarginatus, sp. n. Oblongo-ovatus, convexiusculus, niger, nitidus ; stria frontali antice recta utrinque anguste interrupta, labro transverso antice emar- ginato ; pronoto ciliato, striis lateralibus integris, stria interna antice interrupta; elytris striis 1-3 integris, 4 vage impressa ; pygidio dense punctato; prosterno haud striato; mesosterno emarginato, stria marginali late interrupta; tibiis anticis 3-dentatis. L. 123 mill. Oblong-oval, rather convex, black and shining; the head very finely punctulate, froutal stria rather fine, straight ante- riorly and narrowly interrupted an either side, the labrum transverse and rather widely emarginate on the anterioc edge; the thorax is bistriate laterally and the inuer stria is continued anteriorly but is interrupted behind the middle of the neck, lateral edge ciliate; the elytra, inner humeral stria shortened at the base, not quite touching the oblique stria, 1-3 dorsal complete, 4 traceable, punctiform, and obscurely shortened at the base, 5 indicated apically by three or four points, sutural wanting; the propygidium is lightly and somewhat sparingly puncture|; the pygidium is densely but not coarsely punctured; the prosternum, keel narrow and not striate ; the mesosternum markedly emarginate and only striate on the sides; the anterior tibizw are 3-dentate. ‘The form of the labrum is characteristic of this species. Hab. Bihé, Angola, Hister marginipunctatus, Lew. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. iv. p. 461 (1870). Of this species only one example is known to me; it is a larger species than H. marginatus, Kr., but very similar in its general facies, except that the base of the prosternal keel is markedly marginate. LHErichsou’s species has lately been found commonly in mole-nests, but formerly it was seldom seen, and it was supposed to associate with an ant, ‘The 298 | Mr. G. Lewis on Japanese species came from a locality abounding with moles, and, being unique, probably had some peculiar habit in retirement, Had it been an ordinary stercoraceous or cada- verous species, it is more than likely that it would have been found in abundance, Hister lineimargo, Reitt. Wien. ent. Zeit. xvii. p- 118 (1898). “ Ovalis, subparallelus, nitidus, parum convexus, niger, clava an- tennarum fulva, pedibus fusco- ferrugineis, stria frontali integra, minus arcuata; pronoto striis lateralibus tribus integris, interna ab externis parum remota, postice magis approximata ; elytris stria subhumerali distincta, in medio interrupta, striis dorsalibus 1-4 integris, 5-6 (internis 2) abbreviatis; propygidio parce fortiter, pygidio “confertissime fortiterque punctato; mesosterno antice recte truncato, stria marginali integra; prosternum subtilissime marginatum, haud striatum ; tibiis dilatatis, anticis extus 3-4- dentatis. *« Long. 63-7 mill.” Hab. Caucasus. Atholus (Hister) siculus, Tourn. Abeille, v. p. 142 (1868). Tournier in his description did not notice the form of the mesosternum of this species, but it is truncate, almost straight anteriorly, and markedly marginate, and it should therefore be assigned to the genus Atholus. Atholus coalescens, sp. n. Ovalis, convexiusculus, niger, nitidus; fronte biimpressa, stria integra retrorsum angulata; pronoto stria interna integra pone oculos sinuata; elytris striis subhumerali dimidiata, dorsalibus integris, 5 cum suturali connexa; propygidio parce punctato; mesosterno truncato, marginato; tibiis anticis 3-dentatis. L. 53 mill, Oval, rather convex, black and shining ; the head with two shallow impressions behind the stria, stria rather fine and acuminate in the middle; the thorax, inner lateral stria is sinuous behind the eyes and does not quite reach the basal edge ; the elytra, the inner subhumeral stria is apical, well- marked, and dimidiate, the dorsal striz are all complete, the interstice between the second and third is widened at the base, the fifth and sutural join anteriorly ; the propygidium is sparsely punctulate, the pygidium much less distinctly so; the mesosternum is marginate and nearly straight anteriorly ; the anterior tibiz are 3-dentate. yy. new Species of Histeride. 299 The facies of this species is very similar to 14-striatus, Gyll., especially in the dorsal striz, but it is a little more convex and the frontal stria is differently formed. Hab. Cape Colony (Peringuey). Carctnops sinensis, sp. n. Oblongo-ovata, convexiuscula, nigra, nitida; fronte antice sub- impressa, stria laterali valida; pronoto lateribus punctato; elytris striis subhumerali integra ad apicem continuata, 1-3 dorsalibus integris, 4 integra sed antice et postice punctis formata ; prosterno bistriato, lobo grosse punctato ; mesosterno utrinque punctato, marginato; tibiis anticis 6-7-denticulatis. L. 3 mill. Oblong-oval, rather convex, black and shining; the heal strongly-striate laterally and irregularly punctate ; the thorax is marginate and punctate broadly at the sides and narrowly along the scutellar edge, disk smooth ; the elytra, striz 1-3 complete and somewhat sinuous in the middle, 4 bent towards the suture at the base and punctiform at both its ends, a few irregular points along the suture seem to represent a sutural stria, on about one-third of the apical area there are sparse and irregular punctures; the pygidia are clearly and rather closely punctured; the prosternum is bistriate, striae widen out before the coxz and do not join at either end, anteriorly they are obliterated by punctures and posteriorly they are evanescent, the anterior lobe is coarsely punctured and the keel has a very few irregular points; tle mesosternum is margined on all sides by an irregular crenate stria and late- rally there are a few punctures, the area behind the emargina- tion is smooth; the metasternum has a few punctures near the hind cox; the anterior tibise are 6—7-denticulate and are without a notable emargination on the outer edge. There is no other known Careinops similar to this. Hab. Nankin, China. Isolomalus teres, Leconte. Paromalus teres, Lec. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. xvii. p. 609 (1878). “Cylindrical, but not slender, shining, black ; head and thorax punctulate; elytra finely, not densely punctured, each with faint traces of two oblique striz near the base; sutural stria wanting. Pygidium very finely punctulate, under surface finely and sparsely punctured; mesosternum emar- ginate in front, marked with a fine lateral line; prosternum flattened and without strie. Length 2 m. 300 Mr. G. Lewis on “This species only differs from P. seminulum by the cylindrical form, in which it deceptively resembles Teretrius americanus, by having the elytra more finely punctured, and by the entire absence of the sutural stria.” Hab. Sault S. Marie, Michigan. One specimen. Isolomalus debilis, Leconte. Paromalus debilis, Lec. Bull. U.S. Geol. Survey, v. p. 515 (1879). ‘Oval, subeconvex, black and shining, finely punctured. Head finely punetulate. Elytra without sutural stria ; there are two short oblique faintly impressed stria at the base, and two others more feebly impressed, visible near the margin behind the middle. Prosternum without strie; mesosternum margined only at the sides. ‘Of the same size and form as P. diffcilis, Horn, but much more finely punctured and with no sutural stria.” Hab. Veta Pass, Rocky Mountains, U.S.A. This species and the last having no prosternal striz should be placed in Jsolomalus provisionally, notwithstanding the absence of the sutural stria. z Exosternus angole, sp. n. Breviter ovalis, convexus, niger, nitidus; fronte utrinque marginata, punctata; pronoto stria marginali integra; elytris striis 1-3 integris, 4 et suturali subintegris haud conjunctis; propygidio pygidioque punctatis ; prosterno bistriato, striis antice divergenti- bus ; mesosterno marginato; tibiis anticis 8—-9-dentatis. L. 33 mm. ‘ Somewhat shortly oval, convex, black and shining; the head, clypeus narrow and transverse, surface punctured but not very evenly, marginate at the sides, not anteriorly; the thorax, marginal striz complete but fine behind the head, surface punctured not densely and tle points vary in size ; the elytra, outer humeral stria abbreviated apically about one-third, anteriorly clearly reaching the base, inner humeral is shortened about one-third at the base, dorsal striz 1-3 strong aud complete, 4 and sutural nearly join at the base, but the fourti is slightly broken, 5 dimidiate and apical ; the pygidia are evenly but not very densely punctured; the prosternum is bistriate and the striae widen out at the middie and continue widened to the anterior suture, keel densely and finely punctulate ; the mesosternum is marginate ; the anterior tibie are 8—9-dentate. It will be noticed that the fifth dorsal stria in this species new Species of Uisteride. 301 is abbreviated : in the generic characters drawn from the first two species known the dorsal striz were said to be all complete, now two species are known in which the fifth dorsal stria is shortened, Hab, Central Angola (Dr. Welwitsch). One example in the British Museum, Evosternus rufulus, Lew. This species is variable in colour, in the National Museum there is an example in which the apical margin of the elytra is alone red, and [ have an example in which this colour is wholly absent. Paratropus congonis, sp. n. Ovatus, brunneus, supra punctulatus, subuitidus; fronte stria integra utrinque angulata, antice impressa; pronoto anguste marginato ; elytris striis 1-4 et suturali integris, 4 arcu basali suturali coéunte, 5 ultra medium abbreviata; propygidio pygy- dioque distincte punctatis; prosterno bistriato, striis anticis evanescentibus ; mesosterno margine bistriato. L. 3 mm. Oval, brown, punctulate above, rather shining ; the head impressed anteriorly, stria complete and markedly angulate at the sides; the thorax narrowly marginate; the elytra, striz with slightly crenate edges, 1-4 and sutural complete, 4 joins the sutural at the base, 5 apical, shortened just beyond the middle; the pygidia are distinctly but not densely punctured ; the prosternum is bistriate, striz almost parallel but anteriorly evanescent and apparently turn outwards, but they are merged in the minute strigose surface-sculpture ; the mesosternum has a very fine marginal stria and close and parallel to it a second well-marked stria, the sutural stria is transverse, very fine and irregularly crenate ; the metasternuin and the first segment of the abdomen are punctured, but not closely. ‘The species is smaller than P. aptistrius, Lew., the fore- head is impressed anteriorly, the pygidia are punctured, and the prosternal striz are evanescent anteriorly. There are now 17 species of this genus known, and I have no doubt that the African species are very numerous. Hab. Stanley Falls, Congo River. Saprinus wratus, sp. n. Ovalis, convexus, eneus, nitidissimus ; fronte stria integra, antice angulata ; pronoto ciliato, lateribus rugoso-punctato ; elytris striis 302 Mr. G. Lewis on 1-4 dimidiatis, 4 cum suturali arcuatim juncta; pygidio vix dense punctato; prosterno striis utrinque divergentibus ; meso- sterno leviter punctato, marginato ; tibiis anticis 8-9-denticulatis. L. 4? mm, Oval, convex, brassy, very shining; the head usually with a small fovea on the vertex, strigosely and densely punctured, the strigosities giving the punctures an appearance of con- fluence, frontal stria complete and angularly joined behind the epistoma ; the thorax markedly ciliate along the edge, with a somewhat shallow fovea behind each eye, disk smooth, lateral margin sculptured like the head; the elytra, stria 1—4 dimidiate, all equal in length, 4 joins the sutural which is complete, 5 dorsal and very short, punctuation fine and not close, occupying nearly half of the apical area, and finer on the interstices of the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th strie, the interstice of 1 and 2 is more distinctly sculptured and somewhat strigose ; the pygidia are very evenly but not very densely punctured ; the prosternum is bistriate, stria somewhat constricted in the middle and divergent at each end; the mesosternum is mar- ginate and its surface lightly sculptured; the anterior tibie 8—9-denticulate. This species resembles S. discoidalis, Lec., in the form of the prosternum, and it is a little like it in its general facies. The form of the frontal stria is a distinguishing character. Hab. Argentina (H. Richter, No. 277). Saprinus schmidtii, Richter, Ent. Nachr. xv. p. 124 (1889). “ Rotundo-ovatus, eneo-cupreus, nitidus; fronte carinata, rugose punctata ; thorace ciliato, dense, lateribus rugose, punctato, disco postico levi; elytris densissime punctatis, areis levibus, duabus basalibus, altera magna ad scutellum in 4° interstitio, altera minore in 2°, tribusque apicalibus, stria suturali integra cum 4* coéunte, dorsalibus longis areas posticas attingentibus, 2* quarta- que paulo brevioribus, subhumerali interna sat longa, externa inconspicua; prosterno striis postice divergentibus, ante coxas mox unitis, sub apicem evanescentibus, mesosterno punctulato ; tibiis anticis 5-dentatis. “L. 24 mm. “ Hab. regio flum. Nigri.” This species belongs to the same group as S. spectllum and sculpturifer, Mars. Euspilotus colombicus. Saprinus colombicus, Kirsch, Abh, Mus. Dresden, p. 3 (1888-89). This species should be placed in the genus Huspilotus. new Spectes of Histeride. 303 Euspilotus richter’, sp. n. Ovatus, wneus, nitidus; fronte dense punctata; pronoto utrinque ' ciliato; elytris macula flava lata utrinque flexuosa, striis 4 suturalique arcu basali coéunte ; tibiis anticis 8—9-spinosis. L. 34-4 mm. Oval, brassy and shining ; the head densely punctate, stria obsolete anteriorly; the thorax broadly rugose-punctate laterally and narrowly along the base, lateral edge with flavous hair ; the elytra, behind the huneral angle surface smooth and slightly raised, striw 1 and 3 basal and short, the second much: longer, the first is somewhat obscured by strigose sculpture, 4 is the length of the second and joins the sutural, the dark area at the base is somewhat obscure and lacks con- ciseness of outline, the flavous band is narrowly and evenly divided in the middle on the sutural disk and posteriorly encroaches on the dark area twice, feebly near the suture and more widely in the middle, anteriorly the yellow band en- croaches obtusely on the inside of the fourth stria and less distinctly, but somewhat pointedly, inside the second stria ; the dark area in front of the narrow sutural margin spreads out almost rectangularly ; the pygidiaare densely punctured ; the sterna do not afford any special specific characters, In L£. flavopictus, Lew., decoratus, and bisignatus, Er., the apical dark margin of the elytra is even in outline; in richtert it is encroached on twice by the flavous band. Hab. Mendora, Argentina (H. Richter, No. 300). Euspilotus lesus, Lew. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. vi. p. 288 (19U0). This species has two oblique striw on the apex of the pygidium which almost join anteriorly. I did not mention this in my description and it may only exist in one of the sexes, Euspilotus devius, sp. n. Ovalis, convexus, «eneo-niger, nitidus ; fronte dense rugoso-punctata, haud striata; pronoto lateribus ciliato utrinque punctato ; elytris striis 1-2 dorsalibus pone medium abbreviatis, 3 breviore, 4 in medio abbreviata, arcu suturali juncta; pygidio dense punctato; mesosterno grosse punctato; tibiis anticis 9-10- denticulatis. L. 3? mm. Oval, convex, brassy-black, immaculate; the head is densely and somewhat 1ugosely punctured and without striz ; the thorax, marginal stria hamate at the basal angle, ciliate 304 Dr. D. G. Elliot on Jaterally, clearly not very densely punctured at the sides and along the basal edge ; the elytra, apically about one-third is clear! ly punctured, ‘the strize, inner humeral shortened apically, 1-2 are shortened behind the middle, 3 somewhat shorter than the fourth, but both are nearly dimidiate, sutural com- plete and joined to the fourth at the base; the pygidium is evenly and densely punctured ; the prosternum, keel smooth, strie as figured (Ann. xix. p. 320, 1907) tor Z. zonatus, Lew. ; the mesosternum is widely sinuous, surface coarsely not closely punctate; the anterior tibie are 9-10-denticulate. The discovery of the above introduces an immaculate species to the genus. Hab. Argentina (H. Richter, R. 282). One example. Note.—Scarabidez. MaraxeEs, Lew. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. xvi. p. 376, figs. 38, 4 (1895). = Xynophron, Harold, Notes Leyd. Mus, ii. p. 199 (1880). This synonymy has not been recorded in this Magazine. XXXIV. — Description of new Species of Monkeys of the Genera Cercopithecus and Papio. By D. G. Exniot, D.S¢.; 2 RS H., doc. 3 Cercopithecus princeps, sp. n. Type locality. Mpanga Forest, west and south of Lake Albert. Geogr. Distr. Mpanga Forest and Mt. Ruwenzori, 5000 feet elevation. Colour. Forehead, sides of face and head (extending on to sides of throat) speckled black and white; top of head, nape, hind-neck, space between shoulders, tn hands, hid jeet jet-black ; upper parts and sides of body speckled black and white; legs black, faintly speckled with white on thighs, and very slightly so on legs beneath knees; chin and throat pure white; conspicuous black band across breast below ilroat, rest of under parts lon-grey, the hairs being much less speckled with white than on the upper parts, and ‘general tone more greyish; tail speckled black and grey on basal half, darker than the back ; remainder jet-black to tip; ears new Species of Monkeys. 305 with a few white hairs on top; face slate-colour, upper lip covered with short white hairs. Measurements. Total length 1530 mm.; tail 915 ; foot 165; ear 50 (collector). Skull: total length 113°5; occipito-nasal length 88; hensel 78:7 ; zygomatic width 76°2 ; intertemporal width 42°6 ; width of brain-case 56°2 ; length of nasals 17°7; a length 39°1; length of upper molar series 25:1; ength of mandible 77:2 ; length of lower molar series 3L°1 ; length of upper canines 25°9. Type in British Museum, no. 7. 4. 6. 6. This species resembles C. stuh/manni, Matschie, but differs in the black band across breast, absent altogether in Matschie’s species ; in the black on upper back and hind-neck, which is more or less speckled in the allied species ; and in the blacker legs, having very slight speckling. Papio planirostris, sp. n. Type locality. Fan, Southern Cameroon, West Africa. Gen. char. Skulls alone known, no skin. Size large; facial region much longer than brain-case; rostrum very broad ; ridges curved, and most widely separated at middle, not rising above nasals for their entire length; very broad posteriorly ; lateral pits long and wide, but not deep; entire width of orbits only slightly broader than greatest width of rostrum ; occipital region in shape pyramidal, not rounded, posteriorly ; no sagittal crest, but low ridges start on outer side of each orbit and meet at interparietal ; zygomatic arches broad, but not widely spread ; pterygoid fossa very broad ; palatal arch rounded ; palate broad, widest anteriorly ; tooth- rows straight; canines heavy, broad, and rather short. Measurements. Total length 228 mm.; _ occipito-nasal length 185; hensel 167; zygomatic width 124-9; inter- temporal width 61; length of rostrum 122°6; breadth of rostrum 71°7; length of rostral ridges 83 ; greatest width of orbits 72 ; greatest width of brain-case 79; length of nasals 81; palatal length 107°7; greatest width of palate behind canines 41°4; length of upper canines 32°5; length of upper molar series 55°7; length of mandible 167; length of lower molar series 78. There are a number of skulls of this species in the Berlin Museum, all characterized by the broad flat rostral region, and the depressed almost straight rostral ridges, not curved asin P.maimon. A comparison of the skulls of the two species shows that they differ in almost every particular. In the new form the rostral region is flatter, longer, and wider, the ridges not rising to the top of the nasals; narial opening 306 On a new Spccies of Fossa. broader and shorter, nasals wider ; orbital ridge not depressed in centre, and orbits therefore more rounded in shape; brain- case more rounded posteriorly and on a level with orbital ridge and rising gradually to occiput, which is higher than the orbits ; while the brain-case of P. ma/mon curves down- ward to occiput, which lies lower than the rostral ridges, so that the superior outlines of these brain-cases of these species are widely different ; bony palate not so much con- tracted posteriorly ; basi-occipital more abruptly descending to pterygoid fossa ; tooth-row much longer; occipital region much more slanting, that of P. maimon being nearly per- pendicular ; second upper molar of new species much larger, and the second lower molar smaller than the corresponding teeth of P. maimon. It will be readily seen from the above comparison that the two skulls are almost entirely different in nearly all respects. All the skulls came from the same locality and the range of the species is not known. ‘The type is in the Berlin Museum, and I am indebted to Herr Paul Matschie, the Curator of the Mammalogical Department, for the privilege of describing it. XXXV.—A new Species of Fossa from Central Madagasear. By Guy Dotiman, B.A. (Published by permission of the Trustees of the British Museum.) Fossa majori, sp. n. In size and general proportions similar to Buffon’s Fossane (F. fossa, Schr.), but having continuous stripes on the back and sides, and not, as in that species, irregular stripes on the anterior part of the back, breaking up into spots posteriorly. Fur longer and rather harsher than in F. fossa, individual hairs cf back measuring about 30 mm. in length. General colour of back a rich tawny-russet, darker in the middle line, and gradually getting lighter towards the sides. Four broad, well-marked, dark brown stripes down middle of back, breaking up into indistinct spots at base of tail. The outer pair of these stripes extends forwards almost up to the ears, while the inner two gradually disappear about 40 mm. behind this point. Along each side of the body are two dark brown lateral stripes, extending back as far as the point of insertion of the hind legs, where they break up into a few large spots. Forehead a rich Mars-brown colour, becoming paler and greyer on the muzzle and sides of the face. Under surface of body buff-coloured, rather lighter Bibliographical Notices. 307 towards the throat. Upper side of tail rufous russet, the anterior portion blotched with indistinct dark spots. Under side of tail tawny russet. Skull smaller and with much smaller auditory bull, the greatest length of the bulle being only 11°5 mm., while in #, fossa they measure 15 mm. in length. Dimensions of the type (measured in skin) :— Head and body 480 mm. ; tail 265; hind foot 78; ear 32. Skull: greatest length 93; zygomatic breadth 43 ; greatest length of nasals 23; length of upper tootli-row, from front of first premolar to back of last molar, 31°5. Hab. Ambohimitombo, near Ambositra, Central Mada- gascar. Type. Immature male. B.M. no. 97.9.1.115. Original no. 167. Collected 22 January, 1895, by Dr. C. I. Forsyth Major. The continuous dorsal and lateral stripes, together with the more rufous colouring of the back and the much smaller auditory bullw, indicate that this form must be considered quite distinct from F. fossa. I propose to call it F. majort, after Dr. C. I. Forsyth Major, who collected the specimen during his famous expedition in Madagascar in 1895. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES. Catalogue of the Fresh-water Fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. I. By G. A. Bovurencer, F.R.S. London: Printed by Order of the Trustees, 1909. Ir is expected that not less than three volumes will be required to complete the ‘Catalogue of the Fresh-water Fishes of Africa,’ to which subject Mr. Boulenger has devoted many years of study. The present volume contains an account of the Selachii, Crossopterygii, and Dipneusti, and of the Teleostean suborder Malacopterygii and part of the Ostariophysi. That the time is ripe for the appearance of such a Catalogue as this admits of no question, for during the past decade an enormous increase in our knowledge of the Fresh-water Fishes of Africa has been made, and types of most of the large number of new generic and specific forms are deposited in the British Museum. Nearly every species described in this volume is figured, and some of these figures, as in the case of the Mormyride, are remarkable for the high degree of specialization which they indicate, especially in regard to feeding-habits. ; Though larval forms are occasionally referred to, in no case are these figured; yet we venture to think that such figures would have added not a little to the value of this work. Similarly, it has been 308 Bibliographical Notices. the custom, in other catalogues of the kind, to give figures of anato- mical characters used as a basis of classification in the volume; but no such aids are included in Mr. Boulenger’s present volume—a fact which is surely to be regretted. The figures which adorn these pages have for the most part appeared already in Mr. Boulenger’s ‘ Matériaux pour la Faune du Congo,’ wherein they appeared in the form of lithographs, and very beautiful examples of their kind. But it is impossible to reproduce such illustrations successfully by photography, and the attempt to achieve this in the volume now before us it must be admitted fails completely. A Treatise on Zoology. Edited by Sir Ray Lanxusrer, K.C.B., M.D., LL.D., F.R.S.—Part IX. Vertebrata Craniata (First Fascicle: Cyclostomes and Fishes). By E. 8. Goopricu, M.A., F.R.S. London: Adam and Charles Black. 1909. Tuts scholarly work is making a most gratifying progress, and the present volume most unquestionably maintains the high and dignified standard which the earlier volumes led us to expect. Mr. Goodrich has long since earned the reputation of one of the ablest morpholo- gists in. this country, and his work in thése pages in every way sustains this reputation. He has given us the last word on the anatomy of the Cyclostomes and Fishes, for he has not only brought together all that has been done by other workers, but he has added much thereto of his own. On every page we find proof of laborious research and a singularly well-balanced judgment as to what is essential. It is a book for the advanced student, highly technical, much condensed, but throughout clear and to the point. It forms, in short, a solid, well-planned foundation on which to base the remaining volumes on the Vertebrates. He traces, in lucid fashion, the evolution both of the exo- and endoskeleton, and the relation thereto of the segmentation of the body—themes which are singularly difficult to handle, and are rarely successfully carried through when attempted. In no other work of the kind will there be found so clear or so thorough an account of the genital ducts or of the vascular and nervous systems, while his treatment: of the paired and median fins and of the cranial and axial skeleton is most admirable. Here and there, perhaps, there is room for criticism. Thus it seems to us that the classification is rather over-elaborate, while we notice one or two omissions. Thus we have failed to find any account of the quite remarkable vertebre of the sword-fishes, or of the annual increments of scale-growth or of scale-ecdysis; and we venture to think that larval forms might well have received more attention than has been given them. These, however, are not very serious omissions, and may even have been deliberate on the part of the author. It is a work, in short, which will long remain the standard of its ‘kind. THE ANNALS MAGAZINE OF NATURAL HISTORY, [EIGHTH SERIES. } No. 22. OCTOBER 1909. XXXVI.—Descriptions and Records of Bees —XXII. By T. D. A. CockErELL, University of Colorado. Hy eorpes, Smith. This genus has short Prosopiform palpi ; the figure given by Smith, purporting to represent the mouth-parts, is really taken from an Odynerus. There are in the British Museum Australian species of Odynerus almost exactly resembling Hyleoides concinna and HL. zonalis, but unfortunately they have not yet been described. I hope later to figure the mouth-parts of Hyleoides and other Australian bees, using antl very kindly supplied by Mr, Turner. A close scrutiny of the Hyleoides in the British Museum shows that there are five different forms, representing at least three species, as follows :— Females. Scutellum black, without spots........eeeee00. concinna (Fabr.). Scutellum conspicuously spotted .............. 1, 1. Pale markings all dull creamy white; size of zonalis (expanse 25 mm.); clypeus almost all white or with only a white median band, broadened above; postscutellum black or with a pair of spots; first abdominal segment with an apical white band, broadened laterally ; pro- thoracic band rather widely interrupted. (T'wo subsp. n. from West Australia: Dr. J. Burton Cleland.) xonalis albocincta, Ann. & Mag: N. Hist. Ser. 8. Vol. iv. 22 310 Mr. T. D. A. Cockerell—Descriptions and Pale markings bright chrome-yellow; clypeus with only a median yellow band; postscutellum black or spotted; structure as in albocincta. (Hunter River=type ; Swan River; Champion : VG Peer oy a a noe aoa zonalis, Smith. Pale markings of thorax and abdomen above red, of the same colour as those of the abdomen of H. concinna; ventral abdominal band ivory- WH ee obees sr yest) pee eee ee 2. 2. Size of zonalis; broad red band on clypeus sharply defined, enlarged above ; band on pro- thorax rather broadly interrupted ; face longer ; double curve of inner orbital margin very strong; postscutellum all black; bosses at base of metathorax wider apart; first abdominal segment with an apical band as in zonalis; punctures of mesothorax weaker. (Swan River, [subsp. n. 69. 50=type; W. Australia, 68. 6.).......... zonalis rufocincta, Smaller, length slightly over 13 mm. ; differences as indicated in the last description; band of clypeus broad, yellow in the middle, ferruginous at sides, the ferruginous extending a little be- yond clypeus above and at sides; scutellum and postscutellum nearly all red; first abdo- minal segment red, with the base only black, and that suffusedly so; tegule ferruginous, lighter than in any of the others. (W. Austra- lia, 68. 6=type; also another specimen with same history.) ...... Sea eeweee Beate a eso concinnula, sp. 0. Males. Scutellum black, without spots, or with small obscure spots; clypeus almost all deep yellow, but no lateral marks. (Sydney: Froggatt.) coneinna (Fabr.). Scutellum conspicuously spotted ; face very pale yellow right across ; tegule light ferruginous. 1. 1. Supraclypeal mark present, broad and_ short; lateral face-marks extending above level of an- tennee, their upper side oblique; scape ferru- ginous beneath; first abdominal segment with morered. (Swan River, 69.50; W. Australia, GEO o stasis abide es. sei Rea ae SBEiaikheb ot concinnula, sp. 1. Clypeus considerably broader above ; no supra- clypeal mark; lateral marks ending squarely at about level of top of clypeus; scape all black. [subsp. n. (W. Australia, 68. 6.) : no eee ee zonalis rufocincta, Tetralonia convicta, sp. n. g .—Closely related to T. brevicornis, Smith, with which it is placed in the British Museum collection. The differ- ences are as follows:—Smaller (expanse 19 mm.) and not quite so robust ; antennz longer and more slender (much as in T. malve, but perhaps rather longer, not of the very long Records of Bees. 311 type); flagellum strongly crenulated, ferruginous beneath ; face longer in proportion to its width ; tibiw and tarsi clearer red, hair of hind tibiw and tarsi pale yellowish ; abdomen smaller and shorter; third s.m. much narrower above, being narrower above than second (broader above than second in brevicornis) ; scutellum with a median depression, but no distinct bosses (bigibbose, with a pair of bosses and a valley between, in brevicornis). Hab. Australia, 50. 7. ine type of 1’. brevicornis (Moreton Bay, 50. 71) is also a male. Tetralonia antennata (W. F. Kirby). Podalirius antennatus, W. F. Kirby, from Sokoira, is a female Tetralonia of the type of T. tricincta, Lep., with an apical pale yellow band on the clypeus. It is a smaller species than tricincta. Tetralonia antennata (Fabr.) is quite a different species, and is 7. malve (Rossi). Nomia testacea (Smith). The British Museum contains four males, one being Smith’s type of Tetralonia testacea. The locality given is “ Africa.” Stigma large ; second s.m. less than halt length of first or third; basal nervure with lower section strongly nearly evenly arched; face narrow ; tegulz rather large. Nomia ceratina (Smith). The British Museum possesses a male of Halictus cera- tinus, Smith, from Sarawak, not stated to be the type. It is a Nomia with clavate abdomen, slender basally, the first segment much longer than broad; segments with light yellowish hair-bands; hind legs slender, simple; head seen from in front nearly exactly circular, a little broader than long ; antenne long and slender ; area of metathorax plicate ; venation normal for Nomia, stigma large. The anterior tarsi are very pale testaceous. Agapostemon sicheli, Vachal. Nomia tacita, Cameron (type in British Museum), is this species, though compared with a specimen of A. sichel? it isa little larger and has darker stigma and nervures, The peculiar antenne are quite the same. Nomia cillaba, Cameron, is also a male i ar ein 312 Mr. T. D. A. Cockerell—Deseriptions and Nomioides appendiculata (Cameron). The type of Ceratina appendiculata, Cam., in the Cambridge University Museum (Inadu, Maldives, Gardiner) is a Nomi- oides. Abdomen black, with more or less interrupted yellow bands; mesothorax and scutellum green, postscutellum yellow ; metathorax black; clypeus yellow, with two black bars ; tubercles and upper edge of prothorax yellow; legs with much yellow; stigma large; marginal cell ending, narrowly rounded, on costa; b. n. strongly bent; second s.m. small. Cameron’s description agrees with the specimen. Lithurgus andrews?, sp. n. Christmas Island, Indian Ocean (Andrews). Type in British Museum. This is the female described as Megachile rotundipennis, W. F. Kirby (‘ Monograph of Christmas Island,’ 1900, p. 87). The male, which is described first, is a true Megachile (ante- rior tarsi simple; sixth abdominal segment broadly emar- ginate, with spines at side ; pubescence golden fulvous), and must retain the name rotundipennis. LL. andrewst (3) is about 144 mm. long.; scopa red ; last dorsal segment covered with red hair ; segments 2 to 5 with very narrow white apical hair-bands. It has the rough mesothorax and frontal prominence usual in Lithurgus. The new species is related to LZ. rubricatus and cognatus ; the three are easily separated ( ¢ ) as follows :— Facial prominence large and bilobed ; vertex rather sparsely punctured on a shining ground; hair on inner side of hind tarsi dark. (Swan River, Australia.).......... cognatus, Sm. Facial prominence lower, not distinctly or not bilobed, vertex densely punctured ........ ibs 1. Prominence relatively narrow; hair on inner side of hind tarsi dark fuscous............ rubricatus, Sm. (type). Prominence very broad, with an obtuse median keel; hair on inner side of hind tarsi bright ferruginous........ wis Wes vie Dame ewe eae» andrewst, sp. 0. All three have red hair at apex of abdomen. L. andrewst was taken near Flying-Fish Cove, Sept.—Oct. 1897. Megachile nivescens, W. F. Kirby. Christmas Island. The male is easily distinguished from JL, rotundipennis by the white hair of head and thorax and very distinct white Records of Bees. 313 bands on first three segments of abdomen. The apex of the abdomen is light orange-fulvous, its structure much as in rotundipennis. ‘The basal joint of anterior tarsi is grooved behind, The female is coloured much as the male; hair on inner side of hind tarsi very bright ferruginous, as in Lithurgus andrewsi. Prosopis maortana, sp. n. ? .—Extremely like P. agilis, Smith, but has the clypeus broader and more closely punctured; the lateral marks of the face triangular, pointed above, the upper inner side about equal to the lower inner (in agilis they are bluntly cuneiform, broadly truncate above). Wigs greyish (reddish in agilis) ; second r. n. reaching second s.m. very near apex (some distance before apex in agilis). Both have the tubercles and an interrupted band on prothorax yellow. flab. New Zealand. A specimen in the British Museum, determined by Cameron as P. agilis, but upon comparison with Smith’s type seen to be quite distinct. On the other hand, P. lewi- gata, Sm., as represented in the Museum, is a slight variety of P. agilis, having the lateral face-marks obliquely truncate above. Ts New-Zealand species of Prosopis may be separated thus :— Tubercles black ; slender black species, 7 mm. or @ little over; legs black, the anterior tibize ferruginous in front ; lateral face- marks not continuous with sides of SUUNOUNEY Chalo Bice gcdidsdccUie Vows innocens, Cam. J OE ee 1. Male; first r. n. entering apex of first s.m. ; lateral face-marks continuous with sides RPO Ga a or ga no Ai visie 6 os e''e ale relegata, Sm. Females; clypeus black ..........+se00e 2. 2, Small a piece with a curious quadrate head ; lateral face-marks nearly semicircular, deep chrome-yellow.............. Sitawey Sia capitosa, Sm. MONO ilo gas ats ee vee NE ee han ve 3. 3. Lateral face-marks longer, dull pale yellowish ; black species, about 9 mm. long; face broad ; first r. n. meeting first t.-c. a little on outer side ; mesothorax dull, with fine [frons, Cam., preocc.). SUOTILOS oo oc derby ides es sureed sds cameroni, Ckll. (sulet- Lateral face-marks shorter, deep chrome- NW Ss wetecesntes onvseudcedcessor maortana, -) n., and agilis, Sm., separated as above. 314 Mr, T. D. A. Cockerell—Deseriptions and Cameron’s types, as well as those of Smith, are in the British Museum. Paracolletes advena (Smith). Andrena advena, Sm., is no doubt a Paracolletes, though it looks like a rather large black Andrena. No facial fovee ; tongue apparently Colletid, but not very clearly seen; scu- tellum with plumose black hair; abdominal segments 2 to 4 with narrow silvery marginal hair-bands ; face very broad ; stigma subobsolete ; b. n. falling short of t.-m.; second s.m, broadened below, receiving the r.n. a little before middle ; area of metathorax triangular, with a sort of sericeous surface, not ridged. Australia. Augochlora levipyga (W. F. Kirby). Halictus levipyga, W. ¥. Kirby, in H. N. Ridley, Journ. Linn. Soe., Zoology, xx. (1890) p. 542. 9. Halictus alternipes, W. F. Kirby, lc. fo. (“3, 2.”’) The types of this Fernando Noronha species are in the British Museum and are the sexes of an Augochlora. 9 — About 9 mm. long. Head and thorax very dark green; abdomen black, with dark green shades, not ciliate ; hind spur simple. Nervures and stigma rather dark red-brown ; first r. n. meeting second t.-c.; second s.m. about square; inner orbits strongly emar- ginaté. Flagellum ferruginous beneath ; tongue very slender, only moderately long; mesothorax dullish, densely punc- tured ; area of metathorax short, finely but distinctly grooved. 6 .—Clypeus produced, its lower margin testaceous ; antenne only moderately long; inner orbits very strongly emarginate. The following table separates the females of some of the dark forms of Augochlora :— First two abdominal segments orange- DLE ON a eee Sor See splisminle ¢s iL Abdominal segments not ciliate.......... 2. 1, First abdominal segment brown-black, the others green; hind spur very long, pec- LUBED 9s Gala esp ales flo w hae RP als atropos, Sm. Abdomen blue; thorax green; hind spur LORS PEELMAUD Nea f- Sig ee 2:3 », _ totop of neural spine of sixth cervical. 5°7 Length of shoulder-girdle in middle line ...... 530 ge 0b RMON ICID MY uw rec cece ses 64 jE ae a er ane ee 13°8 yo Se ee ee 39°6 TseNeG Wustll Of COTACOIG *.... 6. 6s wp veces us 13:1 SUMNER EET WN, nw, oo ces op UMass taces 20°7 Width of distal end of humerus ............ 11:8 PE ee en ee ee ee 21°6 Width of distal end of femur .............. 113 PICROCLEIDUS, gen. nov. This genus is now established for the reception of Seeley’s Murenosaurus beloclis, which differs from Murenosaurus in some important respects. ‘The genus may be defined as follows :— . Small Plesiosaurs in which the neck is composed of 422 Dr. C. W. Andrews on some new Plesiosauria upwards of thirty-nine vertebra, the centra of which are shorter than in Murcenosaurus (especially in the anterior region) and longer than in Cryptocletdus. Ends of centra considerably wider than high and almost flat. The single- headed cervical ribs on the anterior part of the neck have a distinct anterior process. Neural spines on anterior part of neck very low, but they increase in height backwards till at the hinder end of the neck they are both wide and high. The shoulder-girdle (fig. 3) is of Elasmosaurian type; the Fig. 3. Shoulder-girdle of Picrocleidus beloclis, Seeley, sp., from above. (Type specimen R, 1965.) j nat. size. cor., coracoid ; z.cl., interclavicle ; sc., scapula; v.sc., ventral plate of scapula. clavicular arch consists of a small interclavicle shaped some- what like an arrow-head ; the clavicles, if present at all, are mere films of bone. The humerus is only slightly expanded distally, where it articulates with two bones only, the radius and ulna, which are somewhat elongated. The only species at present known is P. beloclis, the shoulder-girdle and the radius and ulna of which were —_— ae ~~ from the Oxford Clay of Peterborough. 423 described and figured by Seeley in the Proc. Roy. Soc. vol. li. (1892) pp. 142-145, figs. 10-12, as Murenosaurus beloclis. In addition to Seeley’s type specimen (R. 1965) the collection includes a second, which in many respects supplements the other—portions of the skull, the anterior portion of the cervical region of the vertebral column with arches and ribs, a number of caudal vertebra, and parts of a hind paddle being preserved. The dimensions (in centimetres) of the type specimen (R. 1965) are :— Posterior cervical vertebra : Serres OF COATS il. ca Flatas te decade tenes 32 Width es eR ey ca olin we atari ciejn'ss 4-6 Ng Ce ae nk arene 167, 1$9, 193. ‘Lhe type locality cf Geoftroy’s Galago erassicaudatus is not given in his original description, but Peters states that Geoffroy’s type example came from Mozambique (Reise Mossamb. 1852). Geoffroy (Cat. Primates Mus. Pays-Bas, p. 328) also gives Mozambique as the locality. The type example of G. crassicaudatus kirkii Gray is from Quilimaine ; it is therefore not improbable that kirki? is a synonym for erassicaudatus, On the other hand, the type example of G. garnetti (Ogilvie), from Natal, and Grant’s Zululand series (Rudd Collection) in the British Museum are, on the whole, browner and more heavily pencilled with black than examples of G. crassicaudatus from the type locality, Nyassaland and the Gorongoza Mountains, in the National Collection. Moreover, the Natal and Zululand form nearly always has a dark tail-tip, which is generally absent in G. crassicaudatus, It may be added that Grant has observed (Rudd Exploration of South Africa.—IX., P. Z. 8. 1908, p. 166) that the calls of the two species are different. It would appear, therefore, that the Natal and Zululand “Bush baby” (including in all probability G. zuluensis 456 Mr. H. L. Jameson on Elliot, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) xx. p. 186) should be distinguished from the Mozambique form as Galago crasst- caudatus garnetti (Ogilvie). My specimens, from the Woodbush, are in many ways intermediate between G. crassicaudatus and G. garnetti, but they are on the whole nearer to the northern form. They were shot at night in the bush. (2) Galago moholt Smith. New Agatha, Zoutpansberg District, Transvaal. 3 (juv.). 319. (3) Genetta rubiginosa Puch. Tzaneen Estate, Zoutpansberg District, Transvaal (2500 ft.). By 20S, 2485 2 2300- These examples were obtained at a locality between Klein Letaba and Woodbush, 7. e. from the type-locality. of G. letabe (Thos. & Schw.). G. letabe has now been merged in this species (see Thomas and Wroughton, P. Z. 8. 1908, p- 042). (4) Mungos paludinosus (G. Cuv.). = Mungos galera (Erx1.). Tzaneen, Zoutpansberg District, Transvaal. Os ATO) 320 5°49. 183, Wakkerstroom, I'ransvaal, ? (specimen lost). (5) Alungos cauut (Smith), Johannesburg, Transvaal. S (unnumbered); 2. 340. T'zaneen, Zoutpansberg District. &. 160, 253; 9. 229, 367, 368. ‘he examples from Johannesburg are rather more grey than those from the Zoutpansberg. (6) Cynictis penicillatus steedmani Ozgilby. Ventersburg Road, O.R.C. 2. 306, (7) Lutra maculicollis Licht. Wakkerstroom, Transvaal. Flat skin with skull. ¢g. Shot Sept. 4th, 1903. Mammals from South Africa. 457 As the character on which the specific name of this otter is based is not present in my example, I append a few notes on the dimensions and colour of this specimen, Dimensions :— Head and body 560 mm. ; tail 370; hind foot 117; ear 19; say aap to tip of nose 62. Colour dark brown above, lighter brown on underside, underfur pale buff. Upper and lower lips whitish, the throat and inguinal region lighter than the belly. A small yellow spot on the inner side of each knee, but throat and chest unspotted, Whiskers fawn-coloured. (8) Ictonyx capensis Kaup. Wonderfontein, Potchefstroom District, Transvaal. 3 (juv.), 2. Also obtained at Malvern, Natal (not preserved), (9) Pecilogale albinucha Gray. Tzaneen, Zoutpansberg District, Transvaal. 3. 254. (10) Cephalophus grimmi (Linn.), Tzaneen, Zoutpansberg, Transvaal. g?. 148. (11) Xerus capensis (Kerr). Ventersburg Road, O.R.C. 3. 342, 349. (12) Graphiurus murinus (Desmar.), Waynek, Waterberg District, Transvaal. g. 417; 2 (unnumbered). (13) Graphturus nanus (de Wint.), Tzaneen, Zoutpansberg District, ‘l’ransvaal., é. 147. (14) Tatera brantsii (Smith), Rooiberg, Waterberg District, Transvaal, &. 378, 380, 381, 382; 2. 379. Florida, Witwatersrand, Transvaal. go (juv.). 3, Ann. & Mag. N. Hist, Ser. 8, Vol. iv. 32 Mr. H. L. Jameson on (15) Tatera miliaria salsa Wrought. Tzaneen, Zoutpansberg District, Transvaal. Series. These examples are from a locality situated between the two stations from which Wroughton records his species. This form is very near to Tatera lobengule mashone ; indeed, my examples were first identified by Mr. Wroughton himself as that form. The chief difference between these two forms seems to be the dimensions of the head and body and tail, and more particularly the size of the skull. My examples agree in these points more nearly with salsa than with mashone, as may be seen from the following dimensions :— This species is common everywhere about Tzaneen. In one area of low-lying sandy ground, about an acre in extent, there was a colony or warren which must have contained some dozens of burrows, most of which were occupied by this gerbille. (16) Otomys trroratus (Brants). Malvern, Natal. 2 Ale * Average of thres specimens the dimensions of which are quoted in Wroughton’s description (Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) xvii. 1906, pp. 484, 485). | | | | Skull. Pleads eas” gat Greatest! Basilar tae Ena foot ame length. | length body : ee oa ee reel _—_— pana —— | *Tatera lobengule mashone Wy. 1466 | 1623 | 326 22°6 39'6 30°6 * miliaria salsa Wr. ...... 125°3 | 146 29°6 19°6: | 3756 286 — Wr. (average of | nine adult examples in my >; 132-4 | 143'5 31:4 24 37°5 28 collection), <7. sa320-Mulee | Mammals from South Africa. 459 (17) Otomys irroratus cupreus Wrought, Tzaneen, Zoutpansberg District, Transvaal (near type- locality). Series. The female of this species carries her young about attached to her mamma, a habit that seems to be not uncommon ‘among the smaller South-African rodents, (18) Dendromus melanotis (Smith). Tzaneen, 3g. 234. (19) Dendromus jamesoni Wrought. (Ann. & Mag, Nat. Hist. (8) iii. 1909, p. 247). Tzaneen. Type 2. 135. (B.M. no. 9. 1. 20. 27.) 3. 152,191; g. 149, 171, 172, 240. Spirit g. 256. This species may often be found in the deserted hanging nests of weaver-birds both in the bush and in reed-beds and “ Tambutie” grass. (20) Steatomys pratensis Peters, Tzaneen. Series. This little mammal is generally found in a nest of grass situated in a short burrow about 12 inches in length. ‘The entrance to the burrow is closed with earth. The natives (Mashangaan) dig out the mice, which are always enor- mously fat, as food, The habits of the fat-mouse in summer are not known, In captivity it is sluggish, coming out for a short while at night to feed, and accumulating large quantities of grain in its nest, to be eaten at leisure. If a new example is introduced into a cage of Steatomys, it is at once killed and eaten. Specimens which 1 kept in my house at Johannesburg showed no signs of a change of habits by the middle of November (when they were sent to Europe), but if is probable that a careful study of this species, which thriveyin captivity, would reveal a period of activity in the summer. / 460 Mr. H. L. Jameson on (21) Mus chrysophilus de Wint. Makapan’s Poort, Potgieter’s Rust, Transvaal. 3. 255. (22) Mus chrysophilus tzaneenensis, subsp. n. Tzaneen. Series. Malvern, Natal. 6. 414. Specimens of Darling’s rat from the North-eastern Trans- vaal and Natal are darker than examples from the type- locality of Mus chrysophilus (Mazoe, Mashonaland). A large series which I brought home from Tzaneen differs so markedly from the type series in the British Museum that I propose to apply the above name to the form frequenting the North-eastern Transvaal. The Natal and Zululand forms, unless they also deserve separate subspecific rank, belong to this subspecies rather than to the type species. Description.—Size as in the type form. Colour altogether darker and less golden, the back being heavily pencilled with black, so that the predominant shade is a dark chestnut- brown, whereas that of Mus chrysophilus is tawny brown. The ear is a little larger, and the tail perhaps a shade shorter in proportion to the body, than in MZ. chrysophilus. The dimensions of eight full-grown examples in my collec- tion are as follows :— No Sex at Tail Ae Ear. #144, 3 142 160 28 24 120. 3 155 162 29 22 157. 3 152 162 29 21 116. 2 145 157 28 22 117 3 145 159 29 23 123..\-|. & 145 168 28 21 207. | g 146 157 28 21 162. 2 147 160 27 23 * Type. Mammals from South Africa, 461 The dimensions of the type of M. chrysophilus de Wint. are :— Head and body 146 mm. ; tail 168; hind foot 28; ear 19. Tzaneen, Zoutpansberg District, Transvaal (2500 feet). Type g. 144. (B.M. no. 9. 7. 2. 15.) Caught 7th July, 1907. (23) Mus namaquensis monticularis, subsp. n. Johannesburg, Transvaal. Series. Wonderfontein Caves, Potchefstroom District, Transvaal. ? (unnumbered), On comparing a series of some two dozen skins and half a dozen spirit-specimens of this ‘ golden rat,” which I collected on the kopjes of the Witwatersrand around Johannesburg, with the material in the British Museum, on which Thomas and Wroughton based their revision of the Mus namaquensis group (P. Z. 8. 1908, p. 548), I find that it is necessary to create a new subspecies for the form occurring in the Southern Transvaal. Description.—Colour between that of Mus namaquensis typicus and Mus namaquensis auricomus, slightly browner than the former and less rufous than the latter. Belly white, with slate-coloured bases to the hairs; these bases are darker than in any other form except Jus namaquensis centralis. Slightly larger than any of the other forms. Dimensions (of the type) :— Head and body 120 mm. ; tail 157; hind foot 26; ear 20. The tail is rather shorter in proportion to the head and body than in the other forms, the ratio of the length of the head and body to the length of the tail being about 10:12, while the corresponding ratio in other forms varies from 10:13 to 10:14. Tail-rings 11 to the cm. Young examples are browner and less golden in colour than adults. Type @ (unnumbered). B.M. no. 9.7. 2.10. Johannes- burg, 20th May, 1907. This species is essentially a rock-rat, and is by far the commonest rat on the stony kopjes around Johannesburg. It makes its nest (of grass, leaves, &c.) in clefts in rocks or in holes under boulders. I have never found this species away from rocky ground, whereas the allied M. chrysophilus is a veld-rat, especially 462 Mr. H, L. Jameson on frequenting the native “ Lands” * and the scrub country of the bush-veld. The following table shows at a glance the distinctive characters of the five races of Mus namaquensis which are represented in the British Museum :— A. Ventral hairs white to the base, or with but slight traces of grey. (a) Bright golden brown above, belly pure white. (Mashonaland and Matabele- [comus de Wint. Gana St. wn 5 ee ee ree ete M. namaquensis auri- (5) Colour browner, with less gold. Some examples have a trace of grey at bases (G. Sm. : of ventral hairs. (Kuruman.) ...... M. namaquensis lehocla B. Ventral hairs with grey bases. (a) Bases of ventral hairs pale grey, ground- colour above golden-yellow. (Nama- qtisldnd) of. EAR eet. eee ree M. namaquensis Sm. {b) Bases of ventral hairs dark slate- colour. fi.) Colour golden brown. (South [eularis, subsp. n. Trarisvagloy! 5.6.